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	==Description==		==Description==
	The statue showed the goddess clothed in a ''{{Wiki\|chiton}}'', with the [[gold]]en [[aegis]], adorned with scales and the likeness of [[Medusa]], on top of it. On her head she wears a grand [[helmet]] topped with a [[Pegasos]] on either side of a [[Griffin (mythology)\|griffin]]. On her right hand she holds a [[spear]], while her left rests on a [[shield]] adorned with {{Wiki\|Meander (art)\|meander}} and an [[owl]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> As the statue was almost ten meters tall, it was claimed by the geographer and historian [[Pausanias (geographer)\|Pausanias]] that the tip of the spear and the helmet could be seen even from [[Cape Sounion]], despite the sixty kilometer distance between the two.<ref name="Statue of Athena">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Attika\|Attika: Statue of Athena]]</ref><ref name="Athena Promachos" />		The statue showed the goddess clothed in a ''{{Wiki\|Chiton (garment)\|chiton}}'', with the [[gold]]en [[aegis]], adorned with scales and the likeness of [[Medusa]], on top of it. On her head she wears a grand [[helmet]] topped with a [[Pegasos]] on either side of a [[Griffin (mythology)\|griffin]]. On her right hand she holds a [[spear]], while her left rests on a [[shield]] adorned with {{Wiki\|Meander (art)\|meander}} and an [[owl]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> As the statue was almost ten meters tall, it was claimed by the geographer and historian [[Pausanias (geographer)\|Pausanias]] that the tip of the spear and the helmet could be seen even from [[Cape Sounion]], despite the sixty kilometer distance between the two.<ref name="Statue of Athena">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Attika\|Attika: Statue of Athena]]</ref><ref name="Athena Promachos" />

	==History==		==History==

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	The colossal statue depicted the goddess as ''Athena Promachos'' (ancient Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος), meaning "Athena who fights on the front lines; fighting in the first rank".<ref name="Wiktionary">[[wikt:πρόμᾰχος\|πρόμᾰχος]] on Wiktionary</ref><ref name="Athena Promachos" />		The colossal statue depicted the goddess as ''Athena Promachos'' (ancient Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος), meaning "Athena who fights on the front lines; fighting in the first rank".<ref name="Wiktionary">[[wikt:πρόμᾰχος\|πρόμᾰχος]] on Wiktionary</ref><ref name="Athena Promachos" />

	In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', the statue of Athena is partially based on a {{Wiki\|Austrian Parliament Building#Pallas Athene Fountain\|statue}} of Athena in ~~{{Wiki\|~~Vienna}}, instead of the lost Athena Promachos.		In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', the statue of Athena is partially based on a {{Wiki\|Austrian Parliament Building#Pallas Athene Fountain\|statue}} of Athena in [[Vienna]], instead of the lost Athena Promachos.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	==Description==		==Description==
	The statue showed the goddess clothed in a ''{{Wiki\|chiton}}'', with the [[gold]]en [[aegis]], adorned with scales and the likeness of [[Medusa]], on top of it. On her head she wears a grand [[helmet]] topped with a [[Pegasos]] on either side of a [[Griffin (mythology)\|griffin]]. On her right hand she holds a [[spear]], while her left rests on a [[shield]] adorned with {{Wiki\|Meander (art)\|meander}} and an [[owl]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> As the statue was almost ten meters tall, it was claimed by the geographer and historian [[Pausanias (geographer)\|Pausanias]] that the tip of the spear and the helmet could be seen even from [[Cape Sounion]], despite the sixty kilometer distance between the two.<ref name="Statue of Athena">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Attika\|Attika: Statue of Athena]]</ref><ref name="Athena Promachos" />		The statue showed the goddess clothed in a ''{{Wiki\|chiton}}'', with the [[gold]]en [[aegis]], adorned with scales and the likeness of [[Medusa]], on top of it. On her head she wears a grand [[helmet]] topped with a [[Pegasos]] on either side of a [[Griffin (mythology)\|griffin]]. On her right hand she holds a [[spear]], while her left rests on a [[shield]] adorned with {{Wiki\|Meander (art)\|meander}} and an [[owl]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> As the statue was almost ten meters tall, it was claimed by the geographer and historian [[Pausanias (geographer)\|Pausanias]] that the tip of the spear and the helmet could be seen even from [[Cape Sounion]], despite the sixty kilometer distance between the two.<ref name="Statue of Athena">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Attika\|Attika: Statue of Athena]]</ref><ref name="Athena Promachos" />

	==History==		==History==
	Made by the renowned Athenian sculptor [[Phidias]], the statue was commissioned and created in memory of the [[Battle of Marathon]] of 490 BCE.<ref name="Statue of Athena" /> Though Phidias was in charge of the work, the metalsmith [[Mys]] engraved the shield of the statue.<ref name="Athena Promachos" /> Taking nine years to make, the statue ended up costing close to half a million [[drachma]]e.<ref name="Athena Promachos" />		Made by the renowned Athenian sculptor [[Phidias]], the statue was commissioned and created in memory of the [[Battle of Marathon]] of 490 BCE.<ref name="Statue of Athena" /> Though Phidias was in charge of the work, the metalsmith [[Mys]] engraved the shield of the statue.<ref name="Athena Promachos" /> Taking nine years to make, the statue ended up costing close to half a million [[drachma]]e.<ref name="Athena Promachos" />

	During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the statue at the request of [[Artaxerxes I of Persia]], the former King of [[Iran\|Persia]] who was exiled.<ref name="Prince of Persia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref> Around the same time, Kassandra met the Athenian general [[Demosthenes]], who requested she eliminate and collect seals from Spartan ''[[polemarch]]s'' throughout Greece.<ref name="Creating Opportunity">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Creating Opportunity]]</ref>		During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the statue at the request of [[Artaxerxes I of Persia]], the former King of [[Iran\|Persia]] who was exiled.<ref name="Prince of Persia">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref> Around the same time, Kassandra met the Athenian general [[Demosthenes]], who requested she eliminate and collect seals from Spartan ''[[polemarch]]s'' throughout Greece.<ref name="Creating Opportunity">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Creating Opportunity]]</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==

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	\|image = ACOd-Attika-AkropolisStatueofAthena.jpg		\|image = ACOd-Attika-AkropolisStatueofAthena.jpg
	\|description = The [[bronze]] statue of [[Minerva\|Athena]] Promachos made by the sculptor [[Phidias]]		\|description = The [[bronze]] statue of [[Minerva\|Athena]] Promachos made by the sculptor [[Phidias]]
	\|location = ~~[[Akropolis Sanctuary]] in~~ [[Athens]], [[Attika]], [[Greece]]		\|location = [[Athens]], [[Attika]], [[Greece]]
	\|dateconstructed = mid-5th century BCE<ref name="Athena Promachos" />		\|dateconstructed = mid-5th century BCE<ref name="Athena Promachos" />
	~~\|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''~~}}		}}

	The '''Statue of Athena''', also known as the '''''Athena Promachos''''',<ref name="Athena Promachos">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Akropolis Sanctuary\|Akropolis Sanctuary: "Athena Promachos"]]</ref> was a colossal [[bronze]] sculpture of [[Athena]], the patron goddess of [[Athens]], which stood outside the [[Parthenon]] on the [[Akropolis Sanctuary\|Akropolis]] in Athens, [[Greece]], during the 5th century BCE.		The '''Statue of Athena''', also known as the '''''Athena Promachos''''',<ref name="Athena Promachos">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Akropolis Sanctuary\|Akropolis Sanctuary: "Athena Promachos"]]</ref> was a colossal [[bronze]] sculpture of [[Athena]], the patron goddess of [[Athens]], which stood outside the [[Parthenon]] on the [[Akropolis Sanctuary\|Akropolis]] in Athens, [[Greece]], during the 5th century BCE.

	==Description==		==Description==
	The statue showed the goddess clothed in a ''{{Wiki\|chiton}}'', with the [[gold]]en [[aegis]], adorned with scales and the likeness of [[Medusa]], on top of it. On her head she wears a grand [[helmet]] topped with a [[Pegasos]] on either side of a [[Griffin (mythology)\|griffin]]. On her right hand she holds a [[spear]], while her left rests on a [[shield]] adorned with {{Wiki\|Meander (art)\|meander}} and an [[owl]].<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> As the statue was almost ten meters tall, it was claimed by the geographer and historian [[Pausanias (geographer)\|Pausanias]] that the tip of the spear and the helmet could be seen even from [[Cape Sounion]], despite the sixty kilometer distance between the two.<ref name="Statue of Athena">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Attika\|Attika: Statue of Athena]]</ref><ref name="Athena Promachos" />		The statue showed the goddess clothed in a ''{{Wiki\|chiton}}'', with the [[gold]]en [[aegis]], adorned with scales and the likeness of [[Medusa]], on top of it. On her head she wears a grand [[helmet]] topped with a [[Pegasos]] on either side of a [[Griffin (mythology)\|griffin]]. On her right hand she holds a [[spear]], while her left rests on a [[shield]] adorned with {{Wiki\|Meander (art)\|meander}} and an [[owl]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> As the statue was almost ten meters tall, it was claimed by the geographer and historian [[Pausanias (geographer)\|Pausanias]] that the tip of the spear and the helmet could be seen even from [[Cape Sounion]], despite the sixty kilometer distance between the two.<ref name="Statue of Athena">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Attika\|Attika: Statue of Athena]]</ref><ref name="Athena Promachos" />

	==History==		==History==
	Made by the renowned Athenian sculptor [[Phidias]], the statue was commissioned and created in memory of the [[Battle of Marathon]] of 490 BCE.<ref name="Statue of Athena" /> Though Phidias was in charge of the work, the metalsmith [[Mys]] engraved the shield of the statue.<ref name="Athena Promachos" /> Taking nine years to make, the statue ended up costing close to half a million [[drachma]]e.<ref name="Athena Promachos" />		Made by the renowned Athenian sculptor [[Phidias]], the statue was commissioned and created in memory of the [[Battle of Marathon]] of 490 BCE.<ref name="Statue of Athena" /> Though Phidias was in charge of the work, the metalsmith [[Mys]] engraved the shield of the statue.<ref name="Athena Promachos" /> Taking nine years to make, the statue ended up costing close to half a million [[drachma]]e.<ref name="Athena Promachos" />

	During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the statue at the request of [[Artaxerxes I of Persia]], the former King of [[Iran\|Persia]] who was exiled.<ref name="Prince of Persia">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref> Around the same time, Kassandra met the Athenian general [[Demosthenes]], who requested she eliminate and collect seals from Spartan ''[[polemarch]]s'' throughout Greece.<ref name="Creating Opportunity">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Creating Opportunity]]</ref>		During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the statue at the request of [[Artaxerxes I of Persia]], the former King of [[Iran\|Persia]] who was exiled.<ref name="Prince of Persia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref> Around the same time, Kassandra met the Athenian general [[Demosthenes]], who requested she eliminate and collect seals from Spartan ''[[polemarch]]s'' throughout Greece.<ref name="Creating Opportunity">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Creating Opportunity]]</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==

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	\|description = The [[bronze]] statue of [[Athena]] Promachos made by the sculptor [[Phidias]]		\|description = The [[bronze]] statue of [[Minerva\|Athena]] Promachos made by the sculptor [[Phidias]]
	\|location = [[Akropolis Sanctuary]] in [[Athens]], [[Attika]], [[Greece]]		\|location = [[Akropolis Sanctuary]] in [[Athens]], [[Attika]], [[Greece]]
	\|dateconstructed = mid-5th century BCE<ref name="Athena Promachos" />		\|dateconstructed = mid-5th century BCE<ref name="Athena Promachos" />

imported>Sadelyrate: Couldn't leave it at that, after all. :p

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Couldn't leave it at that, after all. :p

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	{{Landmarks Infobox		{{Landmarks Infobox
	\|image = ACOd-Attika-AkropolisStatueofAthena.jpg		\|image = ACOd-Attika-AkropolisStatueofAthena.jpg
	\|description = The [[bronze]] statue of [[Athena]] Promachos made by the sculptor [[Phidias]]		\|description = The [[bronze]] statue of [[Athena]] Promachos made by the sculptor [[Phidias]]
	\|location = [[Akropolis Sanctuary]] in [[Athens]], [[Attika]], [[Greece]]		\|location = [[Akropolis Sanctuary]] in [[Athens]], [[Attika]], [[Greece]]
	\|dateconstructed = 5th century BCE		\|dateconstructed = mid-5th century BCE<ref name="Athena Promachos" />
	\|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''}}		\|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''}}

	The '''Statue of Athena''', also known as the '''''Athena Promachos''''',<ref name="DT">''[[~~Assassin's Creed~~: ~~Odyssey~~]]'' – ''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]''</ref> was a colossal [[bronze]] sculpture of [[Athena]], the patron goddess of [[Athens]], which stood outside the [[Parthenon]] on the [[Akropolis Sanctuary\|Akropolis]] in Athens, [[Greece]], during the 5th century BCE.		The '''Statue of Athena''', also known as the '''''Athena Promachos''''',<ref name="Athena Promachos">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Akropolis Sanctuary\|Akropolis Sanctuary: "Athena Promachos"]]</ref> was a colossal [[bronze]] sculpture of [[Athena]], the patron goddess of [[Athens]], which stood outside the [[Parthenon]] on the [[Akropolis Sanctuary\|Akropolis]] in Athens, [[Greece]], during the 5th century BCE.

	==Description==		==Description==
	The statue showed the goddess clothed in a ''{{Wiki\|chiton}}'', with the [[gold]]en [[aegis]], adorned with scales and the likeness of [[Medusa]], on top of it. On her head she wears a grand [[helmet]] topped with a [[Pegasos]] on either side of a [[Griffin (mythology)\|griffin]]. On her right hand she holds a [[spear]], while her left rests on a [[shield]] adorned with {{Wiki\|Meander (art)\|meander}} and an [[owl]].<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> ~~The~~ statue was tall ~~enough~~ that the tip of the spear and the helmet could be seen even from [[Cape Sounion]].<ref name="Statue of Athena">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Attika\|Attika: Statue of Athena]]</ref>		The statue showed the goddess clothed in a ''{{Wiki\|chiton}}'', with the [[gold]]en [[aegis]], adorned with scales and the likeness of [[Medusa]], on top of it. On her head she wears a grand [[helmet]] topped with a [[Pegasos]] on either side of a [[Griffin (mythology)\|griffin]]. On her right hand she holds a [[spear]], while her left rests on a [[shield]] adorned with {{Wiki\|Meander (art)\|meander}} and an [[owl]].<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> As the statue was almost ten meters tall, it was claimed by the geographer and historian [[Pausanias (geographer)\|Pausanias]] that the tip of the spear and the helmet could be seen even from [[Cape Sounion]], despite the sixty kilometer distance between the two.<ref name="Statue of Athena">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Attika\|Attika: Statue of Athena]]</ref><ref name="Athena Promachos" />

	==History==		==History==
	Made by the renowned Athenian sculptor [[Phidias]], the statue was commissioned and created in memory of the [[Battle of Marathon]] of 490 BCE.<ref name="Statue of Athena" />		Made by the renowned Athenian sculptor [[Phidias]], the statue was commissioned and created in memory of the [[Battle of Marathon]] of 490 BCE.<ref name="Statue of Athena" /> Though Phidias was in charge of the work, the metalsmith [[Mys]] engraved the shield of the statue.<ref name="Athena Promachos" /> Taking nine years to make, the statue ended up costing close to half a million [[drachma]]e.<ref name="Athena Promachos" />

	During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the statue at the request of [[Artaxerxes I of Persia]], the former King of [[Iran\|Persia]] who was exiled.<ref name="Prince of Persia">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref> Around the same time, Kassandra met the Athenian general [[Demosthenes]], who requested she eliminate and collect seals from Spartan ''[[polemarch]]s'' throughout Greece.<ref name="Creating Opportunity">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Creating Opportunity]]</ref>		During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the statue at the request of [[Artaxerxes I of Persia]], the former King of [[Iran\|Persia]] who was exiled.<ref name="Prince of Persia">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref> Around the same time, Kassandra met the Athenian general [[Demosthenes]], who requested she eliminate and collect seals from Spartan ''[[polemarch]]s'' throughout Greece.<ref name="Creating Opportunity">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Creating Opportunity]]</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The colossal statue depicted the goddess as ''Athena Promachos'' (ancient Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος), meaning "Athena who fights in the ~~front~~".<ref name="Wiktionary">[[wikt:πρόμᾰχος\|πρόμᾰχος]] on Wiktionary</ref>		The colossal statue depicted the goddess as ''Athena Promachos'' (ancient Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος), meaning "Athena who fights on the front lines; fighting in the first rank".<ref name="Wiktionary">[[wikt:πρόμᾰχος\|πρόμᾰχος]] on Wiktionary</ref><ref name="Athena Promachos" />

	In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', the statue of Athena is partially based on a {{Wiki\|Austrian Parliament Building#Pallas Athene Fountain\|statue}} of Athena in {{Wiki\|Vienna}}, instead of the lost Athena Promachos.		In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', the statue of Athena is partially based on a {{Wiki\|Austrian Parliament Building#Pallas Athene Fountain\|statue}} of Athena in {{Wiki\|Vienna}}, instead of the lost Athena Promachos.

imported>Sadelyrate: Missing its history. DT probably has more.

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Missing its history. DT probably has more.

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	~~The '''Statue~~ of ~~Athena''', also known as the '''''Athena Promachos''''',<ref>''~~[[~~Assassin's Creed: Odyssey~~]]~~'' – ''~~[[~~Discovery Tour~~]]~~''</ref> was a colossal bronze sculpture of~~ [[~~Athena~~]]~~, the patron goddess of~~ [[Athens]], ~~which stood outside the [[Parthenon]] on the~~ [[~~Akropolis Sanctuary\|Akropolis~~]] ~~in Athens~~, [[Greece]]~~, during the~~ 5th century BCE.		{{Landmarks Infobox
			\|image = ACOd-Attika-AkropolisStatueofAthena.jpg
			\|description = The [[bronze]] statue of [[Athena]] Promachos made by the sculptor [[Phidias]]
			\|location = [[Akropolis Sanctuary]] in [[Athens]], [[Attika]], [[Greece]]
			\|dateconstructed = 5th century BCE
			\|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''}}

	~~During~~ the ~~[[Peloponnesian War]]~~, ~~the~~ [[~~Sparta~~]]n ''[[~~Mercenary\|misthios~~]]'' [[~~Kassandra~~]] ~~visited the statue on the request~~ of ~~the~~ [[~~Artaxerxes I of Persia~~]], the ~~former King~~ of [[~~Iran\|Persia]] who was exiled.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Prince of Persia~~]]~~</ref> Around the same time~~, ~~Kassandra met~~ the ~~Athenian general~~ [[~~Demosthenes~~]]~~, who requested she eliminate and collect~~ the ~~seals from Spartan ''~~[[~~polemarch~~]]~~s''~~ in [[~~fort~~]]~~s across Greece~~.~~<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>~~		The '''Statue of Athena''', also known as the '''''Athena Promachos''''',<ref name="DT">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]''</ref> was a colossal [[bronze]] sculpture of [[Athena]], the patron goddess of [[Athens]], which stood outside the [[Parthenon]] on the [[Akropolis Sanctuary\|Akropolis]] in Athens, [[Greece]], during the 5th century BCE.

	==~~Trivia~~==		==Description==
	*The colossal statue depicted the goddess as ''Athena Promachos'' (ancient Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος), "Athena who fights in the front ~~line~~".		The statue showed the goddess clothed in a ''{{Wiki\|chiton}}'', with the [[gold]]en [[aegis]], adorned with scales and the likeness of [[Medusa]], on top of it. On her head she wears a grand [[helmet]] topped with a [[Pegasos]] on either side of a [[Griffin (mythology)\|griffin]]. On her right hand she holds a [[spear]], while her left rests on a [[shield]] adorned with {{Wiki\|Meander (art)\|meander}} and an [[owl]].<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> The statue was tall enough that the tip of the spear and the helmet could be seen even from [[Cape Sounion]].<ref name="Statue of Athena">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Attika\|Attika: Statue of Athena]]</ref>
	**Instead of the lost Athena Promachos, the statue ~~in-game~~ is partially based on a {{Wiki\|Austrian Parliament Building#Pallas Athene Fountain\|statue}} of Athena in {{Wiki\|Vienna}}.
			==History==
			Made by the renowned Athenian sculptor [[Phidias]], the statue was commissioned and created in memory of the [[Battle of Marathon]] of 490 BCE.<ref name="Statue of Athena" />

			During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the statue at the request of [[Artaxerxes I of Persia]], the former King of [[Iran\|Persia]] who was exiled.<ref name="Prince of Persia">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref> Around the same time, Kassandra met the Athenian general [[Demosthenes]], who requested she eliminate and collect seals from Spartan ''[[polemarch]]s'' throughout Greece.<ref name="Creating Opportunity">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Creating Opportunity]]</ref>

			==Behind the scenes==
			The colossal statue depicted the goddess as ''Athena Promachos'' (ancient Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος), meaning "Athena who fights in the front".<ref name="Wiktionary">[[wikt:πρόμᾰχος\|πρόμᾰχος]] on Wiktionary</ref>

			In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', the statue of Athena is partially based on a {{Wiki\|Austrian Parliament Building#Pallas Athene Fountain\|statue}} of Athena in {{Wiki\|Vienna}}, instead of the lost Athena Promachos.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">		<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">
			ACOd-AthenaAegisGorgon.jpg\|A close-up of the statue's chestpiece in-game
			ACOd-Attika-AkropolisStatueofAthenahelmet.jpg\|Close-up of the statue's helmet in-game
			ACOd-Attika-AkropolisStatueofAthenashield.jpg\|Close-up of the statue's shield in-game
	ACOD Statue of Athena 3D Models.png\|3D Models of the statue		ACOD Statue of Athena 3D Models.png\|3D Models of the statue
	ACOD Statue of Athena Sculp.png\|3D sculpt of the statue		ACOD Statue of Athena Sculp.png\|3D sculpt of the statue

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Gallery

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	*The colossal statue depicted the goddess as ''Athena Promachos'' (ancient Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος), "Athena who fights in the front line".		*The colossal statue depicted the goddess as ''Athena Promachos'' (ancient Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος), "Athena who fights in the front line".
	**Instead of the lost Athena Promachos, the statue in-game is partially based on a {{Wiki\|Austrian Parliament Building#Pallas Athene Fountain\|statue}} of Athena in {{Wiki\|Vienna}}.		**Instead of the lost Athena Promachos, the statue in-game is partially based on a {{Wiki\|Austrian Parliament Building#Pallas Athene Fountain\|statue}} of Athena in {{Wiki\|Vienna}}.
	*The statue serves as a [[viewpoint]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==