That changed May 20, 1990, when the 42-foot-tall Athena Parthenos statue was unveiled to a crowd of thousands. Eight years in the making, the statue was created by Alan LeQuire, ...

Meet our very own Athena Parthenos. Standing tall in the city’s full-scale Parthenon, she’s more than a sculpture; she’s a symbol of civic imagination, artistic ambition, and timeless mythology.

Contrary to what these participants may believe, the statue of Athena is not located in Juneau, Springfield or Little Rock. See how they fumbled the Nashville question.

In this video, the Metropolitan Museum of Art takes viewers behind the scenes of the installation of Athena Parthenos, an ancient Greek sculpture from around 170 B.C.

The marble for this stunning octastyle, peripteral, Doric temple (with Ionic architectural elements), came from nearby Mount Pentelikon. It was designed to house a huge statue of Athena Parthenos ( 26 ...