-
suggested that the
Athena Promachos may have been a cult statue. For a long time
there was
speculation if the
Athena Promachos even existed,
however most...
- (singular:
Promachos; Gr****: πρόμαχος) were the men
fighting in the
first rank of the phalanx. The word can also be used as an
adjective as in "
promachos line"...
- Acropolis,
namely the
Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon, and the
Athena Promachos, a
colossal bronze which stood between it and the Propylaea, a monumental...
-
warrior goddess, and was
believed to lead
soldiers into
battle as
Athena Promachos. Her main
festival in
Athens was the Panathenaia,
which was celebrated...
- sanctuary.
Behind the Propylaea, Phidias'
gigantic bronze statue of
Athena Promachos ("Athena who
fights in the
front line"),
built between 450 BC and 448...
- but
whose only
result was the
destruction of the
great statue of
Athena Promachos, the work of Phidias,
which stood in the prin****l
forum facing west....
- the
identity of the shepherd, as at Ravenna.
Promachos, "first in battle, champion";
compare Athena Promachos. This
epithet belonged to
Apollo at Camirus...
- his
Athena Parthenos (438), the cult
image of the Parthenon, and
Athena Promachos, a
colossal bronze figure that
stood next to the Parthenon; all of these...
-
Between the
Parthenon and
Erechtheion was the
colossal Statue of
Athena Promachos, or the "Fighter in the Front",
whose helmet and
spear was the
first object...
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protects the city as polias,
oversees handicrafts as ergane,
joins battle as
promachos and
grants victory as nike." Alternatively, the
epithet may
identify a...
