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The Sanctuary of Athena Polias at Priene. The Temple of Athena This Temple, located on the culminating point of the city, rose over a wide terrace of rocks and the defense walls, and was the oldest, the most important, the largest and the must magnificent building in Priene. It was oriented on an eastwest axis in conformity with the city plan ...
Summary: Temple of Athena, in the sanctuary of Athena; built on a high terrace near the middle of the city. Date: ca. 340 BC - ca. 150 BC. Dimensions: The Ionic foot (0.295 m.) is used as a unit of measurement throughout.
The Temple of Athena Polias is the most famous structure in Priene, designed by the architect Pytheos. It is a well-preserved example of classical Ionic architecture. The temple was dedicated to Athena, the city's patron goddess, and played a central role in the religious and civic life of Priene.
The Athena Polias temple at Priene, like many other sites in Asia Minor, aroused considerable interest among the British travellers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but it was not until the architect Richard Pullan excavated the site in 1868/ 9, recording carefully and in detail his finds, that its importance became very evident.
Priene. Type: Propylon. Summary: Monumental entrance to the Athena Sanctuary, oriented east-west; not aligned with central axis of temple. Date: ca. 25 BC - ca. 1 AD. Dimensions: Width from exterior wall to exterior wall: 7.60 m.; projection of flight of steps beyond east of propylon: ca. 5.00 m.; length of propylon courtyard: 7.30 m ...
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.
The Temple of Athena, built in the mid-4th century BC of gray-blue marble, is the largest and oldest monument at Priene. By the second century BC, It housed a sacred statue of Athena; later, it was adapted to serve the cult of the Roman Emperor, and finally transformed into a church.
