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Ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis of Athens / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Temple of Athena Nike[1] (Greek: Ναός Αθηνάς Νίκης) is the tetrastyle amphiprostyle Ionic Greek temple that stands on the southeast edge of the acropolis plateau above the steep bastion adjacent to the Propylaia. Dedicated to Athena in her aspect as bringer of victories[2][3], it was built circa 426-421 BCE. The Classical temple, designed by architect Kallikrates, is the successor of earlier shrines on the site also dedicated to Athena Nike. In 1686 the Ottoman power in Athens demolished the temple in order to use its marbles to fortify the Propylaia to counter the attacks of the Venetians under Morosini. The temple underwent its first anastolysis by Ross, Hansen and Schaubert in 1835-1836.[4] A second reconstruction, under N. Balanos begun in 1935, corrected the errors of the original work and saved the monument from potential collapse[5].