The most notable feature is that of the Gorgon's head, an image associated with Minerva and her Greek counterpart Athena. The pediment is significant to Bath as the temple is one of only two ...

With an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and a warrior’s helmet upon her swept hair, Athena, as depicted in a Roman statue from the first century C.E., is a remarkable ...