Athena was the daughter of Zeus and Metis and one of the twelve Olympian deities the Greeks believed ruled over the cosmos.

the one that expressed the power and wealth of Athens itself, was the Athena Parthenos, a colossal gold-and-ivory statue that Pheidias, supposedly the general overseer of the entire Periclean ...

During the period between Solon's reforms and the end of the Peloponnesian War, worshippers dedicated hundreds of statues to Athena on the Acropolis, Athens's primary sanctuary. Some of these statues ...

depicting Athena, was issued by the tyrant Lachares in 296 BC to pay his troops during the siege of Athens by Demetrius "the besieger", king of Macedon. The colossal gold and ivory statue of the ...

Key exhibits include a relief of Athena Nike, several carved statues from Erechtheion ... If you're staying in the city center of Athens, the Acropolis may be within walking distance.

Greek archaeologists have unearthed a Roman era statue in Athens, the country's culture ministry said on Monday. The headless statue, made of white marble, depicts a nude male figure resembling a ...

The famed statue of Athena had already been removed ... the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Athens. The Parthenon's function as a church, along with the Byzantines' reign, lasted another millennium ...

A view of the Statue of Athena at the Parthenon in Nashville, TN on November 19, 2024. (Video by Efren Landaos/Sipa USA) Syria reveals the UK is no longer a player on the world stage Yellowstone ...

Perhaps our greatest temple is the Parthenon at the centre of the Acropolis, in Athens. Inside was a 12-metre-high gold and ivory statue of the goddess Athena. All of our important buildings have ...