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The High Priestess supervised the city cult of Athena, enshrined in the Parthenon, and was the chief of the lesser officials such as the plyntrides, arrephoroi and kanephoroi. [2] Athena Polias ("Athena of the City") was one of the three divine patrons of the Acropolis of Athens, the other two being served by the High Priest of Poseidon ...
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.
The Mourning Athena or Athena Meditating is a famous relief sculpture dating to around 470–460 BC [214] [211] that has been interpreted to represent Athena Polias. [214] The most famous classical depiction of Athena was the Athena Parthenos , a now-lost 11.5 m (38 ft) [ 215 ] gold and ivory statue of her in the Parthenon created by the ...
The Altar of Athena Polias was a former structure on the Acropolis of Athens dedicated to the goddess Athena. [ 1 ] The altar's foundations were laid in 525 B.C. by the sons of the Athenian dictator Peisistratus , but may have overlaid an earlier temple constructed between 599 and 550. [ 1 ]
Reconstruction of the colossal cult Athena Polias statue drawn by S. Bird [26] Inside the cella, there was an Athena Polias statue for dedication. However, the actual shape was unknown. [27] In ca. 158-156 BC, a sculpture, offering of Orophernes, replaced the old statue. [27] [26] Tetradrachms at that time indicated this event. [26]
The goddess Athena was worshipped on the Acropolis of Athens under many names and cults, the most illustrious of which was of the Athena Poliás, "protectress of the city". The cult image of the Poliás was a wooden effigy, often referred to as the " xóanon diipetés " (the "carving that fell from heaven"), made of olive wood and housed in the ...
Athena, central figure of the pediment of the temple, Acropolis Museum, Akr. 631. The Old Temple of Athena or the Archaios Neos [1] (Greek: Ἀρχαῖος Νεώς) was an archaic Greek limestone Doric temple on the Acropolis of Athens probably built in the second half of the sixth-century BCE, and which housed the xoanon of Athena Polias. [2]
The goddess Athena was worshipped on the Acropolis of Athens under many names and cults, the most illustrious of which was of the Athena Poliás, "[protectress] of the city". The cult image of the Poliás was a wooden effigy, often referred to as the " xóanon diipetés " (the "carving that fell from heaven"), made of olive wood and housed in ...