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Marble relief from the West Frieze of the Temple of Athena-Nike: Greeks fighting Greeks, perhaps showing the Battle of Megara in 458 BC. In the centre a battle rages around a fallen warrior. A figure on the left stoops to drag his comrade to safety.
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The temple of Athena Nike, goddess of Victory, was built...
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The temple of Athena Nike, goddess of Victory, was built around 425–400 BC at the entrance to the Acropolis and is the smallest temple built from this period. The Erechtheion was the most important religious building in Athens. Probably begun around 421 BC during a lull in the long war between Athens and Sparta, it was completed around 404 BC.
The Parthenon Sculptures are a collection of different types of marble architectural decoration from the temple of Athena (the Parthenon) on the Acropolis in Athens.
The temple of Athena Nike, designed by the architect Kallikrates, was built between 426 and 421 BC on a bastion at the southwestern edge of the Acropolis. It replaced older temples whose remains are preserved inside the bastion.
7 lip 2021 · The Temple of Athena Nike, on the southwest bastion of the Acropolis, is smaller than the other buildings behind it but no less impressive. It was completed in 420 BCE during the restoration of Athens after the Persian invasion of 480 BCE and was designed to greet those visiting Athena’s complex. Temple of Athena Nike.
31 maj 2024 · The Temple of Athena Nike is a true masterpiece of Greece’s famous Ionic architecture. Its four monolithic columns on both the east and west ends support an entablature and pediment of the temple. The columns are approximately 13 feet (4 meters) high and have beautiful and intricate bases, along with capitals adorned with scrolls.
The temple of Athena Nike (Athena as a goddess of victory) is the smallest temple at the Acropolis in Athens, placed at its southwest corner, at the edge of a high cliff (see images above).
