Example sentences for: athena

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

  • The goddess Athena, his watchful patroness, soon arranges to get him saved and sent onward.

  • 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.

  • On one occasion when he was forced from power, Peisistratus dressed a tall, beautiful country girl to look like the goddess Athena, and then entered Athens in triumph with the “goddess” leading his procession.

  • The church is in fact a Baroque elaboration of the Greeks’ Temple of Athena (fifth century b.c. ), with its columns incorporated into the masonry of the outside walls.

  • The caryatids — female figures used as pillars — are thought to represent the Arrephoroi (maidens who attended to the goddess Athena and performed rituals in the sanctuary and the temple), as they all originally carried libation vessels in their hands.


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