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Athena's head is inclined slightly forward.
She stands with her left hand resting on an upright shield.
Her left knee is slightly bent, her weight slightly shifted to her right leg.
Her peplos is cinched at the waist by a pair of serpents, whose tails entwine at the back.
Locks of hair trail onto the goddess's breastplate.
The Nike on her outstretched right hand is winged ; whether there was a support under it in Phidias ' original has been much discussed ; evidence in surviving versions is contradictory.
The exact position of a spear, often omitted, is also not fully determined, whether held in the crook of Athena's right arm or supported by one of the snakes in the aegis, as N. Leipen restores it, following the " Aspasios " gem.
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