ATHENA - GODDESS OF WISDOM
by

Elinor Stebbins

Athena, Herakles supporting the sky, and Atlas
east side metope
Olympia, Temple of Zeus
c. 470-456 B.C.E.
Courtesy , University of Haifa Library, 1995


(Paper submitted to Images of Women in the Ancient World: Issues of Interpretation and Identity, Spring 1998)