Temple of Athena Nike

Temple of Athena Nike

ca. 427-424 BCE

1796

Kallikrates

Ancient Greek

Single Built Works

Greece (nation)

Athens (inhabited place)

Classical

temples (buildings)

Nike (Greek deity)

Ionic order

Detailed view of an upper corner of the Temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis in Athens Greece. "Cella with 4 Ionic columns at the front and back ... The Nike (Victory) Temple stands on the remains of a Mycenaean fortification of Cyclopean masonry, originally several meters higher than the present bastion. By the 6th century B.C. a cult worshipping Athena as goddess of victory, had been established in the same location, and by ca. 490 B.C. a small poros temple and several altars had been built. The temple described above in the Plan description was begun in 427 B.C. and completed in 425/424 B.C. Ca. 410 B.C. the famous carved parapet was constructed around the temple, and the entire area is sometimes referred to as the Nike Parapet,"--Perseus Digital Library.

marble (rock)

Stylobate: 8.27 x 5.64 meters ; column height: ca. 4 meters

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