‘A seated goddess is on the point of rising, seemingly startled by events to her right. The head is missing, but once looked towards the centre of the pediment. She wears a light tunic in delicate fabric that, over her breast, pours down like water. A heavier cloak, in broader waves flows over her knees. She is perhaps Hestia, a goddess of the hearth.’ East Pediment, Parthenon (Elgin Marbles), British Museum.