-
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...
- the
Athenian sculptor Phidias'
monuments to Athena, the
bronze Athena Promachos, is
placed on the
Athenian Acropolis,
measuring about 9
metres high. The...
- 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....
- sanctuary.
Behind the Propylaea, Phidias'
gigantic bronze statue of
Athena Promachos ("Athena who
fights in the
front line"),
built between 450 BC and 448...
- 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...
- (approximate date).
Phidias begins producing the
sculpture called The
Athena Promachos (The Defender) and
completes it ten
years later.
Xerxes I, king of Persia...
- the
identity of the shepherd, as at Ravenna.
Promachos, "first in battle, champion";
compare Athena Promachos. This
epithet belonged to
Apollo at Camirus...
