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Head of one of the four horses of the moon goddess Selene
from the northern end of the East Pediment of the Parthenon in Athens c. 420 BC, currently in the British Museum. One of the most popular of the so-called Elgin Marbles which Lord Elgin rescued from Athens in the early nineteenth century. The East Pediment showed the birth of Athena as she burst out of the head of her father, Zeus, and the reaction of those who were present. Although all the central figures are long gone at either end are depictions of the sun god Helios rising from the sea with his four horse chariot and the moon goddess Selene returning to the sea with hers showing that Athena was born at dawn.
Image © Trustees of the British Museum
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Great Voyages from Greek and Roman Myths – Jason, Odysseus and Aeneas
January 28, 2018 @ 10:30 am
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4:30 pm
A detailed examination of the voyages and their fantastical encounters relating them to reality.
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Date:
January 28, 2018
Time:
10:30 am - 4:30 pm
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City Lit
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National Maritime Museum
Park Row
Greenwich
,
SE10 9NF
United Kingdom
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020 8312 6608
Website:
www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritime-museum
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