Piraeus Athena

[5] The attention to detail at the back of the statue and her slight stoop suggest a possibility that she was designed to be placed on a central pedestal rather than against a wall.

The excavation of the site was led by John Papademitriou, head of the Greek Archaeological Service, and Mastrokostas Euthymios, the Epimelete of Attica.

This identification is based on the fact that three of the statues found with the Piraeus Athena were of Artemis, who was believed to have been born at Delos.

[16] This theory is supported by the fact that a coin issued under King Mithridates VI was also found somewhere near the statues inscribed with a date equivalent to 87/86 BCE.

It depicts a heavy material - a style that became fashionable later during the second half of the fourth century, further narrowing down the possible date range.

According to Geoffrey Waywall, the drapery bears similarities to a statue of Eirene holding a baby Ploutos which is thought to have been made by Cephisodotus the Elder.

[23]Waywell points to details similar between the two statues, such as the way the falls of the drapery are disturbed by the position of the supporting foot, and the way the lifted leg is revealed through the peplos and its interactions with her knee, outer calf and ankle.

[25]Palagia rejects the evidence of the similarities between the skirt of the statues, arguing that it is unreliable due to the way in which copyists often blurred the original rendering.

[26] Instead of Cephisodotus, Palagia suggests Euphranor as the sculptor, based on the similarity of the Piraeus Athena to the Apollo Patroos - another statue known to have been created by him.

[28] Euphranor was active during the 104th Olympiad, equivalent to 364-361 BC, and thus also fits within the time frame afforded by the popularity of the Corinthian helmet and heavy drapery.