The Erechtheion, also known as the Temple of Athena Polias, was an ancient Greek Ionic temple on the north side of the Acropolis in Athens that was mainly devoted to the goddess Athena. The famous Ionic structure, which held the statue of Athena Polias, has been referred to in modern scholarship as the Erechtheion, or the sanctuary of Erechtheus or Poseidon, in the belief that it encompassed two buildings mentioned by the Greek-Roman geographer Pausanias: the Temple of Athena Polias and the Erec ... (Read More)