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A Goddess

A Goddess.jpg Discovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at PompeiiThumbnailsThe Toga PraetextaDiscovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at PompeiiThumbnailsThe Toga PraetextaDiscovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at PompeiiThumbnailsThe Toga PraetextaDiscovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at PompeiiThumbnailsThe Toga Praetexta

This Doric chiton is often seen on statues and paintings of Greek goddesses. The shoulders and breast part were usually surmounted by the "AEgis," a sort of scaled cape-cuirass. Athena is generally represented wearing it