Erechtheion

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The Erechtheion (latinized as Erechtheum /ɪˈrɛkθiəm, ˌɛrɪkˈθiːəm/; Ancient Greek: Ἐρέχθειον, Greek: Ερέχθειο) or Temple of Athena Polias (Ancient Greek: Ναὸς τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τῆς Πολιάδος, Greek: Ναός της Αθηνάς Πολιάδος) is an ancient Greek Ionic temple-telesterion on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, which was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena. The building, made to house the statue of Athena Polias, has in modern scholarship been called the Erechtheion (the sanctuary of Erechtheus or Poseidon) in the belief that Pausanias' description of the Erechtheion applies to this building. However, whether the Erechtheion referred to by Pausanias is indeed the Ionic temple or an entirely different building has become a point of contention in recent decades. In the official decrees the building is referred to as “... το͂ νεὸ το͂ ἐμ πόλει ἐν ο͂ι τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἄγαλμα” (the temple on the Akropolis within which is the ancient statue). In other instances it is referred to as the Temple of the Polias. The joint cult of Athena and Poseidon-Erechtheus appears to have been established on the Akropolis at a very early period, and they were even worshipped in the same temple as may, according to the traditional view, be inferred from two passages in Homer and also from later Greek texts. The extant building is the successor of several temples and buildings on the site. Its precise date of construction is unknown; it has traditionally been thought to have been built from circa 421-406 BC, but more recent scholarship favors a date in the 430s, when it could have been part of the programme of works instigated by Perikles.

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ar: ارخثيون; bg: Ерехтейон; ca: Erectèon; cs: Erechtheion; de: Erechtheion; el: Ερέχθειο; en: Erechtheion; eo: Ereĥteiono; es: Erecteón; et: Erechtheion; eu: Erekteion; fa: ارختیون; fi: Erekhtheion; fr: Érechthéion; gl: Erecteion; he: ארכתאון; hr: Erehtej; hu: Erekhtheion; hy: Էրեքթեոն; id: Erekhtheion; is: Erekþeion; it: Eretteo; ja: エレクテイオン; jv: Erekhtheion; ko: 에레크테이온; la: Erechtheum; lb: Erechtheion; lt: Erechtėjonas; nl: Erechtheion; no: Erekhtheion; pl: Erechtejon; pt: Erecteion; ru: Эрехтейон; sh: Erehteion; sk: Erechtheion; sl: Erehtejon; sr: Ерехтејон; sv: Erechtheion; tr: Erehteyon; uk: Ерехтейон; zh: 厄瑞克忒翁神庙