A Roman statue of the Greek goddess Athena reemerged in Chicago after almost three centuries after it was acquired from a ...

The symbol of Western Civilization, the Acropolis' Parthenon was converted to a Christian church for almost a millennium, ...

The Acropolis’s first structures were built ... One of these losses is a gigantic statue of Athena once located inside the Parthenon. Known as Athena Parthenos, it stood almost 40 feet tall ...

The colossal gold and ivory statue of the goddess Athena, in the Parthenon on the Acropolis, was stripped of its gold which was then struck into coins. This was the only known example when King ...

Q: The statue must have been astounding. Tell us a little more about this Athena. Hurwit: Athena was known in many guises, and there were many Athenas worshipped on the Acropolis. The most sacred ...

A common epithet for her, and the facet of her worshiped on the Acropolis ... at the death of her friend, Athena took her name and raised a wooden statue of her, placing the aegis over the ...

Johnson As its name suggests, the Acropolis Museum – which resides ... Key exhibits include a relief of Athena Nike, several carved statues from Erechtheion, the head of a statue of Alexander ...