Frieze from the Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis [3]
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Frieze from the Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis [3]
3D
Published 2018-02-02T09:54:37+00:00
Marble relief from the West Frieze of the Temple of Athena-Nike: Greeks fighting Greeks, perhaps showing the Battle of Megara in 458 BC. In the centre a battle rages around a fallen warrior. A figure on the left stoops to drag his comrade to safety. Opposite him an enemy lunges to grip an ankle, covering his attack with a shield. On the far side of this group warriors from the opposing sides fight it out. The figure on the right, with his right arm raised and elbow bent, probably originally held a spear.
The little temple of Athena Nike was built on the site of an earlier shrine. Unlike the Parthenon it used the more slender proportions of the Ionic order of architecture. It has a dramatic high position looking westwards from the edge of the Athenian Acropolis, next to the entrance.
The external frieze is made up of a series of battle scenes involving the Greeks and their enemies. Like much of the temple, the friezes had been dismantled and reused to build fortifications in late medieval times.
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| Date published | 02/02/2018 |
| Complexity | Medium |
| Title | Frieze from the Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis [3] |
| Date | ca. 425 BC |
| Dimension | H: 44,45 cm; L: 2,05 m |
| Accession | 1816,0610.161 |
| Period | Attic |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | British Museum |
| Record | http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=34505001&objectId=399263&partId=1 |
