Temple of Athena Nike
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The Temple of Athena Nike, the smallest temple on the Acropolis of Athens, is dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike. Built around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acro
The Temple of Athena Nike
Painting of the Temple of Athena Nike, by Carl Werner, 1877
A photograph of Temple of Athena Nike taken in 1848 by George Wilson Bridges after its reconstruction in 1835-36
Scene of the Battle of Plataea, from the south frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike, British Museum (London)
The Propylaea or Propylaia is the classical Greek Doric building complex that functioned as the monumental ceremonial gateway to the Acropolis of Athens. Built between 437 and 432 BC as a part of the
Temple of Athena Nike
…Ionic temple on the Acropolis. It has a prominent position on a steep bastion at the southwest corner of the Acropolis to the right of the entrance, the Propylaea. In contrast to the Acropolis proper, a walled sanctuary entered through the Propylaea, the Victory Sanctuary was open, entered from the Propylaea's…
Propylaea east façade
Propylaea's conjectured original plan in gray, extant building in black
"Lifting bosses" on the Propylaea
Interior of the Central Hall