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So on my recent trip to Greece, I learned of this massive bronze statue of the goddess Athena sculpted by Phidias and originally placed in front of the Parthenon.
Sometime in the 5th century, it was moved to the Hippodrome in Constantinople.
During the 4th crusade, it was destroyed by a mob who thought that "the outstretched hand of the goddess beckoned the enemy".
Suppose that doesn't happen, and the statue survives the sacking of Athens and is then confiscated by the Venetians, like the "Horses of Saint Mark" and shipped off to Venice.