Strangford Shield

Item

Title
Strangford Shield
Description
Cast of a fragmentary sculpture of a shield with relief decoration showing battle between Greeks and Amazons around a central gorgoneion. Original in British Museum, a Roman period reduced version of the shield of the Athena Parthenos by Pheidias.
Bibliography
Frederiksen, R., et al., The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford 2011), 235, E3.