TheAltar of Athena Polias was a former structure on theAcropolis of Athens dedicated to the goddessAthena.[1]
The altar's foundations were laid in 525 B.C. by the sons of the Athenian dictatorPeisistratus, but may have overlaid an earlier temple constructed between 599 and 550.[1] The altar itself stood within a narrow temple atop a marble pediment depicting battles between gods and giants. Images of Athena are shown as dominant and victorious within the armies of the gods.[2]
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