Mycenaean Goddess (possibly Athena) in boar's tusk helmet with griffin 13th C. BCE Orchomenos

"The ancient image of Athena Alea, and with it the tusks of the Calydonian boar, were carried away by the Roman emperor Augustus after his defeat of Antonius and his allies, among whom were all the Arcadians except the Mantineans."

- Pausanias, Description of Greece: Arcadia, Chapter 46 (Paus. 8.46)

Mycenaean Goddess (possibly Athena) in boar's tusk helmet with griffin 13th C. BCE Orchomenos .

This pic is a little smaller, but less blurry.

 

Source:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/572238696381295761/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/461056080580641931/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goddess-boars-tusk-griffin.jpg

 

 Quote:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D8%3Achapter%3D46

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