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A Goddess

A Goddess.jpg For two days and two nights the boat was tossed hither and thitherThumbnailsDancing BacchanteFor two days and two nights the boat was tossed hither and thitherThumbnailsDancing BacchanteFor two days and two nights the boat was tossed hither and thitherThumbnailsDancing BacchanteFor two days and two nights the boat was tossed hither and thitherThumbnailsDancing Bacchante

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