Page "Acropolis of Athens" Paragraph 17

Behind the Propylaea, Phidias ' gigantic bronze statue of Athena Promachos (" she who fights in the front line "), built between 450 BC and 448 BC, dominated.

The base was high, while the total height of the statue was.

The goddess held a lance whose gilt tip could be seen as a reflection by crews on ships rounding Cape Sounion, and a giant shield on the left side, decorated by Mys with images of the fight between the Centaurs and the Lapiths.

Other monuments that have left almost nothing visible to the present day are the Chalkotheke, the Pandroseion, Pandion's sanctuary, Athena's altar, Zeus Polieus's sanctuary and, from Roman times, the circular temple of Augustus and Rome.