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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.
The temple and the parapet of Athena Nike were demolished by the Ottomans in 1687 to strengthen the rampart and better fortify the western side of the Acropolis against the Venetian attacks of Venetian general Francesco Morosini; the slab was finally excavated in 1835 near that temple, under the direction of the archaeologist Ludwig Ross. [5] [6]
The entrance to the Acropolis was a monumental gateway termed the Propylaea. To the south of the entrance is the tiny Temple of Athena Nike. At the centre of the Acropolis is the Parthenon or Temple of Athena Parthenos (Athena the Virgin). East of the entrance and north of the Parthenon is the temple known as the Erechtheum.
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]
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 ( naiskos ) whose remains were found in the later temple's foundations.
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Inside the Tallahassee Florida Temple, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. Rather it is a series of rooms, in the case of the Tallahassee Temple — 20 of them, many of them sacred and serving a specific purpose.
The Erechtheion [2] (/ ɪ ˈ r ɛ k θ i ə n /, latinized as Erechtheum / ɪ ˈ r ɛ k θ i ə m, ˌ ɛ r ɪ k ˈ θ iː ə m /; Ancient Greek: Ἐρέχθειον, Greek: Ερέχθειο) or Temple of Athena Polias [3] is an ancient Greek Ionic temple on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, which was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.