Athens and the goddess Athena go together like peas and carrots. She was ever ready to assist her favourite city in times of peril and expressed her concern for the wellbeing and prosperity of her people. When they rejoiced so did she; when they mourned, she joined them in their sorrow. The “Pensive Athena” is a famous marble relief (ca. 460 BCE) that captures this incomparable relationship. Athena is depicted as a young woman wearing a peplos clasped on the shoulders and cinched at the waist. She has lifted her Corinthian helmet and grasps a spear as she bows her head before a stele (an upright stone slab) that was perhaps inscribed with the names of the Athenians who died at war.