Gold and Ivory Artemis(?)

Chryselephantine (gold and ivory) goddess

Delphi Museum, Greece

 

7th c. BCE gold and ivory life-sized figure of a woman or goddess, presumed to be Artemis. It was found with the "Apollo," both burned in the same fire. They were discovered in a dumping-pit in front of the Stoa of the Athenians beside the Sacred Way leading up to Apollo's temple.

 

© 2005 Ellen Brundige

Illustration for Ancient Greece Odyssey: A Traveller's Journal

 

Information on these pieces from Petrakos, Basil. Delphi. p. 46.

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