Illustration
A modern reproduction of the lost statue of Athena which once resided in the Parthenon of Athens. The 12m high original, sculpted by Pheidias in the mid-5th century BCE, was made of an inner wooden core covered in ivory and gold. In her right hand stands the goddess Nike. (The Nashville Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee).
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Original image by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Nashville Parthenon, Tennessee). Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 26 September 2012. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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APA Style
Tennessee), M. H. (. a. t. N. P. (2012, September 26). Athena Parthenos Reconstruction. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/907/athena-parthenos-reconstruction/
Chicago Style
Tennessee), Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Nashville Parthenon,. "Athena Parthenos Reconstruction." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 26, 2012. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/907/athena-parthenos-reconstruction/.
MLA Style
Tennessee), Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Nashville Parthenon,. "Athena Parthenos Reconstruction." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 26 Sep 2012. Web. 21 Feb 2025.
