Nashville’s iconic Athena Parthenos is celebrating her 35th birthday! Meet the artist, champions, and curators behind the Athena statue.

Sculptor Alan LeQuire's work has been on display for more than three decades, including "Athena" at the Parthenon and "Musica" in the Music Row Roundabout. His latest piece is found at the Parthenon.

Do you think differently about the “Athena Parthenos” since completing the work 35 years ago? No, but it has been fun to see the work become part of our community. The statue of Athena was the ...

Thirty-five years ago, Alan LeQuire became Nashville’s most prominent sculptor with the unveiling of Athena Parthenos.

Now, Archaeologist Juan De Lara of Oxford University Unveils the Mystery Behind the Ancient Greek Lighting System Designed to Highlight the Grand Statue. The colossal statue of Athena Parthenos that ...

Home The Finer Things Art and Antiques A remarkable $100 million numismatic collection reappears after being buried for more than 50 years A collector hid his treasure from the Nazis, his widow kept ...

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Then, there is the Parthenon, which is the true relic of ancient Greece; the temple is dedicated to Athena Parthenos, the Goddess, and was completed way back in 438 BC.

In Athens the entire Acropolis rock, crowned by the famous Parthenon temple (built for the goddess of wisdom, Athena Parthenos), was sacred not to Athena but to her sister Aphrodite.

Nashville – Nashville Parthenon will have a special exhibit celebrating the 35th anniversary of Athena Parthenos, the largest indoor sculpture in the Western world, opening June 12 with ...

The temple served as a religious and cultural centre for ancient Athens, housing the colossal statue of Athena Parthenos, a masterpiece of the sculptor Phidias. The Parthenon also played a significant ...