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[[File:ACOD_Akropolis_Statue_of_Athena.jpg|thumb|250px|Statue of Athena]] | [[File:ACOD_Akropolis_Statue_of_Athena.jpg|thumb|250px|Statue of Athena]] | ||
The '''Statue of Athena''' 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''' 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. | ||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the statue, | 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, she met the Athenian general [[Demosthenes]], requested Kassandra to collect various seals from Spartan ''[[polemarch]]s'' in [[fort]]s across Greece.<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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**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]]''. | *The statue serves as a [[viewpoint]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center"> | |||
ACOD Statue of Athena 3D Models.png|3D Models of the statue | |||
ACOD Statue of Athena Sculp.png|3D sculp of the statue | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
Revision as of 15:51, 25 April 2019
The Statue of Athena was a colossal bronze sculpture of Athena, the patron goddess of Athens, which stood outside the Parthenon on the Akropolis in Athens, Greece, during the 5th century BCE.
During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited the statue on the request of the Artaxerxes I of Persia, the former King of Persia who was exiled.[1] Around the same time, she met the Athenian general Demosthenes, requested Kassandra to collect various seals from Spartan polemarchs in forts across Greece.[2]
Trivia
- The colossal statue depicted the goddess as Athena Promachos (ancient Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος), "Athena who fights in the front line".
- The statue serves as a viewpoint in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey.
Gallery
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3D Models of the statue
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3D sculp of the statue
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Prince of Persia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey