The small marble temple on the rock’s southwest corner dedicated to Athena Nike (Victorious Athena ... along with the base of the cult statue of the goddess also found in 1936, and a tower ...

Nike was the Greek goddess of victory and an attendant of Zeus. While not among the 12 Olympian gods, she is described as a ...

And the great statue of Athena Parthenos inside the ... was completed, and the temple of Athena Nike was built at the entrance of the Acropolis. Still, the Acropolis and the Parthenon in ...

or statues of women that hold up the building. The pretty Temple of Athena Nike has columns only on two sides, and in the ...