With an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and a warrior’s helmet upon her swept hair, Athena, as depicted in a Roman statue from the first century C.E., is a ...

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 ...

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.

The most famous temple in Greece was the Parthenon in Athens. Inside stood a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of the city. When people needed help from the gods, they went to the temple ...