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Founded. ca. 350-330 BC. The Temple of Athena Polias in Priene was an Ionic Order temple located northwest of Priene ’s agora, inside the sanctuary complex. It was dedicated to Athena Polias, also the patron deity of Athens. It was the main temple in Priene, although there was a temple of Zeus. [ 1] Built around 350 BC, [ 1] its construction ...
The Mourning Athena or Athena Meditating is a famous relief sculpture dating to around 470–460 BC [219] [216] that has been interpreted to represent Athena Polias. [219] The most famous classical depiction of Athena was the Athena Parthenos , a now-lost 11.5 m (38 ft) [ 220 ] gold and ivory statue of her in the Parthenon created by the ...
The High Priestess of Athena Polias held the highest religious office in Ancient Athens. The priesthood was a hereditary position open only to married women, with a lifetime appointment. [ 1] The officeholder enjoyed great prestige, and played a role in affairs of state which was otherwise closed to women in Ancient Athens; there are several ...
The Old Temple of Athena or the Archaios Neos [1] ( Greek: Ἀρχαῖος Νεώς) was an archaic Greek limestone Doric temple on the Acropolis of Athens probably built in the second half of the sixth-century BCE, and which housed the xoanon of Athena Polias. [2] The existence of an archaic temple to Athena had long been conjectured from ...
Erechtheion. The Erechtheion[ 2] ( / ɪˈrɛkθiən /, latinized as Erechtheum / ɪˈrɛkθiəm, ˌɛrɪkˈθiːəm /; Ancient Greek: Ἐρέχθειον, Greek: Ερέχθειο) or Temple of Athena Polias[ 3] is an ancient Greek Ionic temple on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, which was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena .
The Altar of Athena Polias was a former structure on the Acropolis of Athens dedicated to the goddess Athena. [1] The altar's foundations were laid in 525 B.C. by the sons of the Athenian dictator Peisistratus, but may have overlaid an earlier temple constructed between 599 and 550. [1] The altar itself stood within a narrow temple atop a ...
The eastern part of the temple was dedicated to Athena Polias, while the western part, serving the cult of the archaic king Poseidon-Erechtheus, housed the altars of Hephaestus and Voutos, brother of Erechtheus. Little is known about the original plan of the interior, which was destroyed by fire during the first century BC and has been rebuilt ...
Coordinates: 37°39′35″N 27°17′52″E. Priene. Πριήνη (in Ancient Greek) Prien (in Turkish) The Temple of Athena, funded by Alexander the Great, at the foot of an escarpment of Mycale. The five columns were erected in 1965–66 from rubble and are 3 metres (9.8 ft) shorter of the calculated original column height. Shown within Turkey.