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English: Triple-Bodied Monster on the west pediment of the Old Temple of Athena. It's about a creature composed of three male figures joined at the waist. The first figure holds in its left hand water, the second fire, and the third a bird (symbolizing air). The monster ends in a body with shape of serpent. West pediment of the Old Temple of Athena or perhaps of the Hekatompedon. Lenormant fragment.
Español: Monstruo de cuerpo triple del friso oeste del Antiguo templo de Atenea. Se trata de una criatura compuesta por tres figuras masculinas unidas por la cintura. La primera figura lleva agua en su mano izquierda, la segunda fuego, y la tercera un pájaro (simbolizando el aire). El monstruo termina en un cuerpo serpentiforme. Friso oeste del Antiguo templo de Atenea o tal vez del Hecatompedón. Fragmento Lenormant. Antiguo Museo de la Acrópolis, Atenas.
Date 570 BC
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Source/Photographer Hans van de Bruggen, originally posted to Flickr as Ancient Athens
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