But this mishmash of marble wasn’t a scam to get the wealthy Weddell to purchase a seemingly intact statue of Athena. “Rather, many buyers preferred complete pieces, even if composed of ...

It was the physical, marble embodiment of their values ... alighting as if descending from heaven. And the great statue of Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon, made of gold and ivory, held ...

The famed statue of Athena had already been removed, possibly after a fire in the third century. In its place, the Christians installed a pulpit and a marble bishop's throne, and the temple of ...