Editing Athena Parthenos (section)

==Antique copies and replicas==
[[File:Parthénon - Coupe transversale restaurée.jpg|thumb|right|Parthenon - Cross section restored. Benoît Édouard Loviot. 1879. Paris [[Beaux-Arts de Paris|Musée des Beaux-Arts]]. Inv. Env. 71–07.]]

At least sixty-nine small-scale copies of the statue are known.<ref>Nicole Loraux, Les enfants d'Athéna, Seuil, 2007, p.302.</ref> Very early on, her influence was felt, sometimes very far away. Thus, gold medallions from a tomb in [[Kul-Oba]] (Crimea) and preserved in the [[Hermitage Museum]], reproduce the head of the statue. During Roman times, small copies were mass-produced, sometimes simplifying the decor. The [[Varvakeion Athena|Athena of Varvákeion]] is one of the most famous examples. Sometimes, only the decoration was reproduced, mainly that of the outside of the shield, apparently in the form of decorative plates for export.<ref>Holtzmann and Pasquier 1998, p. 307.</ref>

Among the most famous ancient copies are the [[Lenormant Athena]] and therefore the Athena of Varvakeion preserved in the [[National Archaeological Museum of Athens]], the Minerva with the necklace of the Louvre Museum or a Roman copy signed Antiochos preserved at the Palazzo Altemps ([[Museo Nazionale Romano|Roman National Museum]]). A restoration was made by sculptor [[Pierre-Charles Simart]] between 1846 and 1855 for the [[Duke of Luynes]]. It is exhibited in its castle in [[Château de Dampierre|Dampierre]].{{sfn|Holtzmann|2003|p=111}}

A life-size replica was made in 1990 for the [[Nashville Parthenon]] by American sculptor [[Alan LeQuire]]. On a steel and aluminium frame, a mixture of plaster and fibreglass was covered with 8&nbsp;kg of gold leaf.<ref>Ann Shearer, Athene. Image and Energy, Viking Arkana, 1996, p. 245</ref>

In 2024, the Parthenon and the statue of Athena were reconstructed by Juan de Lara in 3D and developed into a digital project titled The Parthenon 3D.<ref>{{Cite web |title=parthenon3d.com |url=https://parthenon3d.com/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |last=De Lara |first=Juan |title=The illumination of Greek temples: A comparative approach to lighting strategies in the Parthenon, the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, and the temple of Apollo in Bassai using 3D physically based rendering |date=2024-02-28 |degree=Doctoral |publisher=UCL (University College London) |url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10188043/}}</ref> De Lara was able to reconstruct the visual effects of the gold and ivory when light interacted with them in a fully physically-based rendered environment.