Athena Lemnia
Athena Lemnia stands in the University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden, where bronze meets plant collections in central Copenhagen. The sculpture depicts Athena, the Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and crafts.
Its form follows a later interpretation of an ancient work attributed to Phidias, the fifth-century BCE sculptor known for the Parthenon. The original Athena Lemnia has not survived, so Roman copies and literary sources preserve its appearance, including a calm face and helmet often pushed back. A marble head from the Augustan period, held in Bologna, helped shape this later version.
Greenery surrounds the figure, linking classical mythology with Copenhagen’s living garden. Bronze also changes outdoors, developing a patina as the seasons pass.
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