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2nd Year Project - Mr Reidy's
temple of Athena Nike by Michael Hillary  architecture: the temple of Athena Nike is situated in the south west corner of the acropolis next to the Parthenon and the Erectheum, to the right of the entrance.it is a four column ionic temple. It was designed by the Greek architect kalikrates. The temple was built out of pentellic white marble, it stood a modest 23 feet high. Inside the small 5x5 naos stands the statue of Athena Nike. the frieze of the temple was lined with sculptures, the north frieze showed a battle between the the Greeks, the south frieze showed the Athenians victory over the Persians at the battle of Plataea. the east frieze shows an assembly of the gods Athena, Zues and Poseidon. some time after the temple was completed a parapet was built on 410 bc to prevent people falling from the steep bastion.the main structure and columns are intact minus the roof and most of the typanae, fragments of the the sculpted frieze are exhibited in the acropolis museum.

culture: nike means victory in greek and related athena with this, naming her the goddess of victory in war.citizens prayed to the goddess in hope of succeeding in war against the Spartans. the temple of athena nike was an expression of athens ambition to be the leading city state in the peloponnese. athena was the virgin patron of athens.excavations have revealed that on this location an open pit existed that bronze age greeks used to pour libations and to deposit primitive figurines of the deites they worshipped media type="custom" key="9277146"