Greece from Their Eyes

The following post is a description of the Statue of Athena Promachos from a tourist girls point of view:

I was just a little girl the first time I went to the city of Athens. It was very large to me back then, before that my world had always stayed rather small. Though there were many memorable things I saw those few short weeks I was there, the thing I remember the most is the first time I saw Athena’s statue at the entrance of the Acropolis.

Walking up the steps and past the Propylaea she was the first thing that caught my eye. She towered over everything, at least 30 feet high. How could any statue stand so tall? Especially one made of bronze, it must have taken years to sculpt.

It wasn’t just the height that surprised me though, it was Athena herself. She stood with her feet spread apart and her spear in her hands, ready for war. Her cloak and gowns cascaded down her arms and side, all the way to her sandaled feet. Her gown seemed light and flowing, but her cloak was made of hard scales and boarded with swirling snakes. As well as a portrait resting on her arm.  Her armored Helmet seemed to shine in the sunlight and a pegasus was carved into the side of it. Curly hair fell in ringlets from under her helmet down past the jewels decorating around her neck. Two beaded necklaces and a spiked collar that her gowns flowed from. Even someone who did not know upon arriving would be able to tell that the statue was of Athena, the goddess of war.