Erechtheion

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρέχθειον (Erékhtheion).

Proper noun

Erechtheion

  1. An ancient Greek Ionic temple-telesterion on the north side of the Acropolis, dedicated to the goddess Athena.
    • 1995, Robin Francis Rhodes, Architecture and Meaning on the Athenian Acropolis, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 34:
      This north wall was intentionally incorporated into the fabric of its successor, but not for purely structural reasons; it was overlapped by the Erechtheion south porch, the Porch of the Maidens, but did not serve as the foundation for it.

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