FIgures from the East Pediment of the Parthenon
A seated woman is on the point of rising, seemingly startled by events to her right. The head is missing, but once looked towards the centre of the pediment. She wears a light tunic of delicate fabric with a heavier cloak over her knees. She is perhaps Hestia, goddess of the hearth.
East Pediment K
A woman reclines in the lap of her companion. Carved from one block, these two may represent Aphrodite, goddess of love in the lap of her mother Dione.
East Pediment L AND M
British Museum
Messenger god, Iris, from the west pediment of the Parthenon
Once winged, this figure, the messenger god, Iris, was in the west pediment of the Parthenon, now in the British Museum
Reclining Youth from the west pediment of the Parthenon
A youth reclines in a pose well suited to the corner angle of the pediment. His languid form is thought to portray one of the rivers of Athens, perhaps the Ilissos.
West Pediment A
British Museum
