POV: your walking through the ancient Greek section of the museum where you find a statue of a weeping Athenide on her knees tugging on her father Poseidon’s arm, begging him to cease his pursuit of Odysseus and let him return to his family in Ithaca. Her left arm is missing from time and there are cracks on the statue, yet the pleading face of the Athenide and Poseidon’s stern gaze remain the same
Other ancient works featuring the Athenide you find include a painted vase of her riding with her mother Athena in her chariot. Another shows a European style painting of Apollo longingly reaching out for her as she tends to her sacred dogs.
Another painting shows the Athenide in the form of a dog biting one of Hera’s snakes sent to kill infant Herakles
