Art Resource - ART201012

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Votive relief dedicated to the Thracian goddess Bendis, Greek, c400-c375 BC. This relief shows two bearded and draped figures leading a troop of eight naked athletes to a representation of the goddess. She is dressed in a sleeved tunic hitched up so as to form a short skirt. An animal skin is draped over one shoulder, while an outer cloak pinned at the neck falls over her shoulders and down her back. Her legs are clad in knee-length boots, and she wears a Phrygian cap with a pointed crown. She holds a libation bowl (phiale). The human figures are represented on a lesser scale. They wear wreaths in their hair and the leading man carries a torch. The bearded men are perhaps the troop's trainer and sponsor. The cult of the goddess Bendis was imported into Athens around 432 BC, at the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta.
GR, 1895.10-28.1 (Sculpture 2155)

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART201012

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4000px × 2819px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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