Bronze Athena/Athena Promachos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Apr 22, 2024 01:05 PM
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History
A colossal bronze statue of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens, built in the mid-5th century BC by Pheidias. The base was repaired in the time of Augustus. In Late Antiquity, the statue was transferred to Constantinople, where it was destroyed in 1203.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/805065997
37.9718171, 23.725665
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Άγαλμα Αθηνάς Προμάχου (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- ἡ χαλκῆ ἡ μεγάλη Ἀθηνᾶ (hē chalkê hē megálē Athēnâ: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- ἄγαλμα Ἀθηνᾶς χαλκοῦν (ágalma Athenâs chalkoûn: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Athena Promachos (English, modern)
- Bronze Athena (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Bronze Athena/Athena Promachos located on Acropolis of Athens (550 BC - AD 640)
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Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Bronze Athena/Athena Promachos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/805065997> [accessed: 08 May 2024]
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