Statue of Athena

The Statue of Athena, also known as the Athena Promachos,Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – Akropolis Sanctuary: "Athena Promachos" 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.
==Description==
The statue showed the goddess clothed in a , with the golden 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. On her right hand she holds a spear, while her left rests on a shield adorned with and an owl.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey As the statue was almost ten meters tall, it was claimed by the geographer and historian 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.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Attika: Statue of Athena
==History==
Made by the renowned Athenian sculptor Phidias, the statue was commissioned and created in memory of the Battle of Marathon of 490 BCE. Though Phidias was in charge of the work, the metalsmith Mys engraved the shield of the statue. Taking nine years to make, the statue ended up costing close to half a million drachmae.
During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited the statue at the request of Artaxerxes I of Persia, the former King of Persia who was exiled.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Prince of Persia Around the same time, Kassandra met the Athenian general Demosthenes, who requested she eliminate and collect seals from Spartan polemarchs throughout Greece.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Creating Opportunity
==Behind the scenes==
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".πρόμᾰχος on Wiktionary
In Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, the statue of Athena is partially based on a of Athena in Vienna, instead of the lost Athena Promachos.
==Gallery==
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 Sculp.png|3D sculpt of the statue
ACOD Athena Concept Art.jpg|Concept art
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
==References==
Category:Landmarks in Athens
Category:Locations in Attika
Category:Viewpoints
Category:Monuments
Category:Statues