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Right section of a limestone pediment depicting a lioness eating a small bull. This may have come from the east pediment of the Hecatompedos (one of the Pre-Parthenons). It dates back to the early 6th century BC. The head of the lioness looks like that of a male lion and one is led to the conclusion that it is a female animal because of its breasts whose nipples are painted red. - Acropolis Museum