Athena Lemnia, a modern copy of Athena Lemnia’s reconstruction, currently resides in a niche in Carpenter Library of Bryn Mawr College. It used to exhibit in Thomas Great Hall and it was moved to carpenter Library in 1997. and before The statue is made of plaster and slightly over life-size. Its dimension is 228.6 cm x 106.68 cm x 68.58 cm (Height x Width x Depth). The statue was made by August Gerber and was painted black to resemble bronze texture of the original. The original sculpture it referred to was made by the famous ancient Greek sculptor Pheidias and was once stood on the Athenian Acropolis (Label of Athena). Athena Lemnia is the most extraordinary piece described in Pausanias as “the most worth seeing of the works of Pheidias, the statue of Athena called the Lemnian after those who dedicated it.”(Pausanias 1.28.2). However, whether or not the
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When I first came to Bryn Mawr College and visited Thomas Great Hall, I was stunned by this somewhat humorous statue showered by colorful gifts. Athena was covered up by decorations, food and cards and she was wearing a sunglasses indoor. One ISO assistant told me she is Athena and I was later realized she is the goddess of our school. My first impression of the funny looking statue makes the image of Athena more close and friendly. Different from the noble treatment did in the past, Athena in Bryn Mawr does not seem to stand high above in the temple. Its display at Thomas Great Hall is accessible to students to make offerings. However, her placement in the corner makes it less recognizable for visitors who are not familiar with the school tradition. Thus, she is somewhat hidden from the visitors who are not a part of the Bryn Mawr community. It is good on the one hand that it makes Athena special to Mawrters, but on the other hand the tradition cannot be well understand by outside
When I first came to Bryn Mawr College and visited Thomas Great Hall, I was stunned by this somewhat humorous statue showered by colorful gifts. Athena was covered up by decorations, food and cards and she was wearing a sunglasses indoor. One ISO assistant told me she is Athena and I was later realized she is the goddess of our school. My first impression of the funny looking statue makes the image of Athena more close and friendly. Different from the noble treatment did in the past, Athena in Bryn Mawr does not seem to stand high above in the temple. Its display at Thomas Great Hall is accessible to students to make offerings. However, her placement in the corner makes it less recognizable for visitors who are not familiar with the school tradition. Thus, she is somewhat hidden from the visitors who are not a part of the Bryn Mawr community. It is good on the one hand that it makes Athena special to Mawrters, but on the other hand the tradition cannot be well understand by outside