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. As she ...

The 42-foot-tall replica of the Greek goddess Athena was unveiled at Nashville's Parthenon on May 20, 1990.

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.

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.

Although his work is legendary in ancient Greek sculpture, Phidias himself remains fugitive, a blank space whose outlines can be discerned in the copies of his works.

In this interview, art historian and Parthenon expert Jeffrey Hurwit discusses the historic and cultural impact of the architecture of the Acropolis.

But with something like the statue of Athena Parthenos on view, visitors could be forgiven for having missed the rest. Though the exhibition closed this past Sunday, just last week the Met announced ...

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 ...

This missing Wonder of the World inspired countless modern imitations A gargantuan gold-and-ivory statue of the god Zeus—some 40 feet high—dazzled the ancient world when it was built in the ...

And the great statue of Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon, made of gold and ivory, held in the palm of her hand another image of Nike, some six feet tall, offering it to the Athenians as if to ...