Ruined Temple of Athena Poliouchos

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The Ruined Temple of Athena Poliouchos

The Ruined Temple of Athena Poliouchos was a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena located in the Forest of Tears on Chios, Greece.

History

During the 6th century BCE, the temple was where Pactyas, a Lydian general under Cyrus the Great sought refuge in to escape capture. When he was subsequently captured, the residents of the island stopped making offerings to the temple.

During the Peloponnesian War, the temple ruins was visited by the Spartan misthios Kassandra, who found that it had become an abode of bandits, and subsequently claimed their valuables.

Trivia

• Πολιούχος (polioúchos) is colloquial Greek for 'patron saint' (lit. 'city-holder', 'city-protector'), and it's an honorific applied to multiple deities and legendary figures.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey