Arean Athene

Role: goddess · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 4

Life events

• The Platæans built a temple to Arean Athene using spoils from Marathon.(Book 9 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Platæa)
  • With: Platæans
  • “The Platæans have also a temple to Arean Athene, which was built from the spoil given to them by the Athenians after the battle of Marathon.”

Book 9 · Chapter 4

• with Phidias (Phidias created the statue of Arean Athene.) “The Platæans have also a temple to Arean Athene, which was built from the spoil given to them by the Athenians after the battle of Marathon. The statue of the goddess is wooden but gilt over: the head and fingers and toes are of Pentelican marble. In size it is nearly as large as the brazen one in the Acropolis, (which the Athenians dedicated as the firstfruits of the battle at Marathon,) and is also the work of Phidias.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.