Statue of Zeus or Poseidon

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For those of you who have ever heard about the Greek mythology, who surely felt trapped by it, we have to recommend a visit that will surely leave you fascinated, the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. One of the most important in the world, because it contains the best samples of Greek, ancient and modern art, of which we have knowledge.

The museum building is divided into several sections, one for the vases, one for samples on the prehistory and one where they are only exhibited sculptures, in addition to having samples of miscellaneous masks, amphoras, bronze pieces, statuettes, And many other things.

Without a doubt, the most important work that the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, is located in the area of ​​sculptures, and is one of the best examples of ancient Greek art, a work that places it among the most important museums in the world, we are talking about the sculpture of Zeus or Poseidon.

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A sculpture that in addition to being very spectacular, is very enigmatic, since it has been the center of endless debates among experts, because in reality it is not known who it is, if it is Zeus or Poseidon, due in large part to the pose in which the statue is located, which if you look closely at it, it seems as if it were about to

throw something. That's why it's supposed to be the trident of the god Poseidon, or a thunderbolt of the god Zeus.


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  1.   Giampaolo Bliaxas said

    Supposedly Zeus mind as the god of all this I do not think he is going to launch a jolt of his powerful ray paralalo to the enemy since he is in front it should be poseidon and I hate to admit that because I adore Aphrodite Zeus Hercules and without doubting the goddess of love Athena although x the shape of the index finger a deformation of a ray may be zeus in reality it is enigmatic