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Greek, 1899-1998
Athens, Le Temple de la Victoire Aptere
gelatin silver print
signed on passpartout lower right
titled on passpartout lower left
ink stamp on the reverse both on photo and passpartout
embossed Nelly’s lower left both on photo and passpartout
28 x 38 cm
Provenance
private collection, Nicosia
The Temple of Athena Nike (Ναός Αθηνάς Νίκης) is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens. Built around 420BC and designed by the architect Kallikrates, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis. It has a prominent position on a steep bastion at the south west corner of the Acropolis to the right of the entrance, the Propylaea.
Athena was worshipped in this form, as a goddess of victory in war and wisdom.
