Example sentences for: athena

How can you use “athena” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Here a row of Ionian columns mark the entrance to a rectangular inner sanctum of the new Temple of Athena.

  • In Classical times a 9 m (30 ft) statue of Athena Promachos (the Defender) dedicated to Athenian exploits during the Persian Wars stood immediately beyond the entranceway.

  • There they would be able to worship an ivory-and- gold-covered wooden statue of Athena said to be 12 m (39 ft) high which has long since been lost.

  • Following this, new defensive walls were constructed that included elements of the ruined old Temple of Athena and the old Parthenon.

  • Built beside an ancient Temple of Athena whose scant remains can just be seen, the Erechtheíon brought together the worship of Athena and Poseidon under one roof — legend says that following the contest between the two gods for the honor of protecting Athens, they were reconciled and this dual temple recognized their special bond with regard to the city.


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