ATHENS, Greece – ATHENS, Greece (AP) — After a decade-long facelift, the ancient Greek temple of Athena Nike is back up, patched up and unfettered on the Acropolis. The slender marble building ...

The small marble temple on the rock’s southwest corner dedicated to Athena Nike (Victorious Athena), built between 427 and 424 B.C., was the first building on the Acropolis to be restored. In ...

The Temple of Athena Nike is a small but significant structure located on the Acropolis. Dedicated to the goddess of victory, ...

The site also hosts the Temple of Athena Nike—whose name refers to a hybridization of Athena and Nike, the goddess of victory—and the Erechtheion, which was dedicated to Athena, the mythical ...

Other monuments include the Propylaea, the temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. Take a tour with the photo gallery above. Need a break?

LeQuire's re-creation included Athena with a shield, sword and serpent. She also holds a 6-foot statue of Nike, the goddess of victory, in her right hand.

Topal said Nike could be found both in the public arena and in temples of other mythological gods, such as Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and Zeus, the king of the gods.

Builders have completed another stage of restoration of the Acropolis in Athens with the removal of scaffolding from the temple of Athena Nike, the head of renovation efforts said Friday.

The site also hosts the Temple of Athena Nike—whose name refers to a hybridization of Athena and Nike, the goddess of victory—and the Erechtheion, which was dedicated to Athena, the mythical ...