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Athena Parthens

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Greek Architecture in whole was based on the desire to honor a god or a goddess. In the Parthenon (447 BCE), the goddess of war, victory and wisdom Athena was honored and depicted as Athena Parthenos; meaning virgin. The marble working and combination of both doric and ionic orders served as an example of the complexity and devotion to the goddess Athena, and a height of Greek architecture in the high classical period. As a part of the Akropolis (meaning “high point of the city”), Athena was depicted as such; a goddess who ruled the city of Athens. It embodied the power and wealth of the Athenian people which was illustrated in the details of the work. Athena herself, embodied multiple acts of victory as seen on her sandals as the Greeks
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