an old olivewood statue of Athena called Athena Polias, referring to Athena as the guardian of the city. This little olivewood statue eventually inhabited the Erechtheum, the classical temple of ...

A similar cult of girls lived at the temple of Athena Polias ... Unlike the lead-coated iron the ancient Greeks had used, Balanos's clamps were exposed to the elements and eventually corroded.

The pretty Temple of Athena Nike has columns only on two sides ... in Greece not to skip on your trip. Steves recommends ancient sites nearby like the ruins of Delphi, the Lion Gate of Mycenae ...

One of central Athens' best preserved ruins is the Temple of Hephaestus. Nestled within Ancient Agora, this site was built between 460 and 420 B.C. and once served as a Christian church.