Athens, Temple of Athena Nike (Building)
Temple, tetrastyle amphiprostyle with altar; located on a bastion to the south of the Propylaia.
- ID:
- aa_81
- Type:
- Building
- Date:
- ca. -427 — -424
- Period:
- Classical
- Context:
- Athens
- Region:
- Attica
- Dimensions:
-
Stylobate: 8.27 m x 5.64 m; column height: ca. 4 m.
- Type:
- Temple
Plan
Cella with 4 Ionic columns at the front and back.
History
The Nike (Victory) Temple stands on the remains of a Mycenaean fortification of Cyclopean masonry, originally several meters higher than the present bastion. By the 6th century B.C. a cult worshipping Athena as goddess of victory, had been established in the same location, and by ca. 490 B.C. a small poros temple and several altars had been built. The temple described above in the Plan description was begun in 427 B.C. and completed in 425/424 B.C. Ca. 410 B.C. the famous carved parapet [...]
