Zeus of Artemision (also called Poseidon)

Dionysus from The Parthenon

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SCULPTURE

Bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon, found at the bottom of the sea off cape Artemision, in north Euboea

ca. 460 BC.

Zeus of Artemision & Dionysos from the Parthenon.

He reclines on a rock. His seat is softened by a mantle and an animal fur. Despite the fact that both of his hands are missing, This is the only pediment sculpture with an intact head. He glances to the left, towards the rising sun of Helios.

Attributed to the famous sculptor Pheidias between 438 BCE-432 BCE. BM