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7 mar 2024 · Detail of Athena Parthenos’s face, chest, and statuette of Nike in The Parthenon, Nashville. Source: Nashville Parthenon Athena Parthenos is an iconic figure that stands as a hallmark of Greek sculpture.
16 lip 2023 · Tympanon wschodni ozdobiono scenami narodzin Ateny. Tympanon zachodni przedstawiał historię sporu bogini i Posejdona o patronat nad Attyką. Na szczytach frontów znalazły się akroteriony z pędami akantu i palmetą. Te na narożnikach przedstawiały skrzydlatą Nike.
Temple of Athena Nike, 421-05 B.C.E., marble, Acropolis, Athens. 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).
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.
21 sie 2022 · The temple of Athena Nike, built in Ionic order of beautiful white Pentelic marble, has columns at the front and back but not on the sides of the cella; this kind of floor plan is called an amphiprostyle. Because of the small size of the structure, there are only four columns on each side.
Key facts about the Acropolis of Athens. The 4 main structures on the Acropolis hill: Propylaea, temple of Athena Nike, Erectheion, Parthenon. Key architectural features of the Parthenon. The odeons and theatres at the foot of the Acropolis. Discover more on and around the Acropolis.
The small temple of Athena Nike is perched above the ascent to the Acropolis, and is visible as one approaches the Propylaea. The southwest of the Acropolis plateau, right next to the Propylaia, has been an important location of a sanctuary dating back to the Mycenaean era.
