The Statue of Penelope is a marble statue which was discovered in Persepolis. The statue is kept at National Museum of Iran. During a joint exhibition between Iran and Italy in 2015, the statue was on display at Prada Foundation in Milan for around 4 months, and all the four statues were also on display at the National Museum of Iran between September and March 2016 in Tehran.[1] Life-Size Greek lady in the Severe Style was excavated by the Oriental Institute of Chicago in 1945. It lay scattered in three fragments in the ruins of the Persepolis Treasury.[2][3] It is surmised that the statue was brought to Persepolis by Xerxes after the conquest of Athens during the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.[4]
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- ^ PersiaPort. "Statue of Penelope". PersiaPort.
- ^ "Ancient Greence and Ancient Iran cross cultural encounters". academia.edu. Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "Iran's Penelope on display at Italian exhibit". Tehran Times. 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
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