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A Goddess

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A Goddess.jpg Greek costume of the Classic PeriodThumbnailsAnhai bowing before her father and mother. The Elysian Fields. From the Papyrus of Anhai (XXIInd dynasty)Greek costume of the Classic PeriodThumbnailsAnhai bowing before her father and mother. The Elysian Fields. From the Papyrus of Anhai (XXIInd dynasty)Greek costume of the Classic PeriodThumbnailsAnhai bowing before her father and mother. The Elysian Fields. From the Papyrus of Anhai (XXIInd dynasty)Greek costume of the Classic PeriodThumbnailsAnhai bowing before her father and mother. The Elysian Fields. From the Papyrus of Anhai (XXIInd dynasty)

This Doric chiton is often seen on statues and paintings of Greek goddesses. The shoulders and breast part were usually surmounted by the "AEgis," a sort of scaled cape-cuirass. Athena is generally represented wearing it