Varvakeion Athena

It is generally considered to be the most faithful reproduction of the chryselephantine statue made by Phidias and his assistants, which once stood in the Parthenon.

[2] She wears an Attic helmet with the cheek guards upturned; it has three crests, the center sporting a sphinx and those on the sides a pegasus.

[1] The outstretched right hand is supported by a column and holds a winged figure of Nike, the head of which is missing.

[2] The presence of the column is cited by many in the argument over whether the original required a similar support, though many reconstructions omit it (e.g. that in the Nashville Parthenon).

[3] The statue is named for the locale of its discovery in 1880,[3] in the ruins of a Roman house near the original site of the Varvakeion School.