- The
Erechtheion (/ɪˈrɛkθiən/,
latinized as
Erechtheum /ɪˈrɛkθiəm, ˌɛrɪkˈθiːəm/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἐρέχθειον, Gr****: Ερέχθειο) or
Temple of
Athena Polias...
- site's most
important ones,
including the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the
Erechtheion and the
Temple of
Athena Nike. The
Parthenon and the
other buildings...
-
Athens to be
presented to the
wooden statue of
Athena Polias in the
Erechtheion,
opposite the Parthenon. The main
scene of the
Parthenon frieze is believed...
- of
Cecrops is
inherent in the
reference in Nonnus'
Dionysiaca to the
Erechtheion lamp as "the lamp of Cecrops".
Priests of the
Erechtheum and the priestess...
- most-copied
examples are
those of the six
figures of the
Caryatid porch of the
Erechtheion on the
Acropolis at Athens. One of
those original six figures, removed...
-
golden lamp
asbestos lychnis,
which the
sculptor Callimachus made for the
Erechtheion. In more
recent centuries,
asbestos was
indeed used for this purpose...
- the
magnificent Erechtheion,
containing three separate temples, one to
Athena Polias, or the "Protectress of the State", the
Erechtheion proper, or sanctuary...
-
characteristic Cyclopean walls. On the
summit of the Acropolis,
below the
later Erechtheion,
cuttings in the rock have been
identified as the
location of a Mycenaean...
- were lit from
openings in the roof. A door of the
Ionic Order at the
Erechtheion (17 feet high and 7.5 feet wide at the top)
retains many of its features...
- half the
surviving Parthenon sculptures, as well as
sculptures from the
Erechtheion, the
Temple of
Athena Nike and the Propylaia,
sending them to Britain...
