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A Goddess

A Goddess.jpg The Toga PraetextaThumbnailsDiscovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at PompeiiThe Toga PraetextaThumbnailsDiscovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at PompeiiThe Toga PraetextaThumbnailsDiscovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at PompeiiThe Toga PraetextaThumbnailsDiscovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at Pompeii

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