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The Temple of Athena Nike Painting of the Temple of Athena Nike, by Carl Werner, 1877. The Temple of Athena Nike (Greek: Ναός Αθηνάς Νίκης, Naós Athinás Níkis) is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike. Built around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis.
Northeast view of the Temple of Athena Nike, an amphiprostyle temple. Plan of the temple at Jebel Khalid. In classical architecture, amphiprostyle (from the Greek ἀμφί (amphi), on both sides, and πρόστυλος (prostylos), a portico) denotes an ancient temple with a portico both at the front and the rear, [1] where the columns on the narrow sides are not between antae. [2]
Northeast view of the Temple of Athena Nike, a prostyle temple (but also an amphiprostyle temple, since there is a row of columns at the back as well) The Roman temple of Bziza, a tetrastyle prostyle temple
An inscription identifies him as the architect of "the Temple of Nike" on the Acropolis of Athens (IG I 3 35). The temple in question is either the amphiprostyle Temple of Athena Nike now visible on the site [2] or a small-scale predecessor whose remains were found in the later temple's foundations. [3]
The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, (174 BC–132 AD), with the Parthenon (447–432 BC) in the background. This list of ancient Greek temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy ("Magna Graecia"), wherever there were Greek colonies, and the ...
LANSING — The Boji Group and Preservation Lansing are inviting community members to visit the Masonic Temple in downtown Lansing on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The float depicts a temple to the Hindu god Lord Ram, which was consecrated earlier this year on a site in Ayodhya, India, believed to be his birthplace. Some U.S.-based organizations have written ...
The Nike Fixing her Sandal (Ancient Greek: Νίκη Σανδαλίζουσα, romanized: Níkē Sandalízousa), also known as Nike Taking off her Sandal or Nike Sandalbinder, [2] is an ancient marble relief depicting Nike, the ancient Greek goddess of victory, in the process of fixing or removing the sandal of her right foot. [3]