Standing on a bastion at the entrance to the Acropolis Hill of Athens is a masterpiece of the Greek temples, that of Athena ...

And the great statue of Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon, made of gold and ivory, held in the palm of her hand another image of Nike, some six feet tall, offering it to the Athenians as if to ...

Among the Kore statues displayed at the Acropolis Museum one in particular stands out for its beauty: Kore number 670.

The re-creation of the 42-foot statue Athena is the focus of the Parthenon just as it was in ancient Greece. The building and the Athena statue are both full-scale replicas of the Athenian originals.

Architectural evidence and historic record, including reference to the Parthenon's 40-foot-high, gold-and-ivory statue of Athena, essentially confirm the building's original function as a temple.

As women head to the polls this election, they may not think of the suffragists who fought for them to vote a century ago.

Worshippers dedicated hundreds of statues to Athena on the Acropolis during the period between Solon's reforms and the end of the Peloponnesian War. This work brings together the evidence for statue ...

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 ...

He’s done Athena in the Parthenon, the “Musica” Statue in Music Row, and the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument in Centennial Park, which he called his most popular. “They are women dressed ...