Bronze Athena/Athena Promachos
monument · 550 BC – 2100 AD
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.
- Coordinates
- 37.97182, 23.72566
- Also known as
- Athena Promachos (en), Athena Promachos (en), Bronze Athena (en), Bronze Athena (en), hē chalkê hē megálē Athēnâ (grc), ágalma Athenâs chalkoûn, agalma Athenas khalkoun (grc), ἄγαλμα Ἀθηνᾶς χαλκοῦν (grc), ἡ χαλκῆ ἡ μεγάλη Ἀθηνᾶ (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)