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	Erechtheion Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Erechtheion is one of the most highly decorative and original creations in all of Greek architecture.
		It was finally completed in 406 B.C. The Erechtheion owes its name to Erechtheus who was a local hero and legendary king of Athens.
		The unusual construction of the Erechtheion reflects the many shrines located here which were preserved over the centuries.
	www.sonic.net /~hellenik/erechtheion.html (116 words)

	The Erechtheion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Erechtheion is located on the most sacred part of the Acropolis, where Athena defeated Poseidon in a contest over who would become the head of the city.
		It was built around 420 B.C. and consists of two main sections for the worship of the two main gods, Athena and Poseidon Erechtheus.
		Here is a southwest view of the Erechtheion, showing the North Porch, the "Olive Tree of Athena," and the Caryatid Porch.
	pt3.sbu.edu /VFTs/Athens/erechtheion.htm (140 words)

	Erechtheion
		The Erechtheion construction was concluded in 406 BCE, and soon thereafter, in 403 BCE Athens fell to the Spartans.
		The Erechtheion was built as a replacement for the “Old Temple” (the foundations of which now lay between it and the Parthenon), and to house all the shrines and rituals that once took place there.
		The east end of the Erechtheion was dedicated to Athena Polias (protector of the earth and fertility) and housed the ultra-sacred wooden diipetes (fallen from the heavens) xoano (statue) of Athena.
	www.ancient-greece.org /architecture/erechtheion.html (892 words)

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		The east-side of the Kekropion is clearly visible as a niche in the west-wall of the Erechtheion (1, fig.
		Because the back of the niche in the Erechtheion was perpendicular to the north-wall of the later Pandroseion temenos, the north-wall of the Kekropion may have been parallel to this Pandroseion wall.
		In the foundations of the north porch of the Erechtheion a poros step of pre-Periclean and post-Persian date is found which indicates the entrance of the Pandroseion temenos in the beginning of the fifth century B.C. This step probably dates from the comparatively cheap and rapid restoration of the sanctuaries after the Persian sack 11).
	www.xs4all.nl /~mkosian/hekat.html (3471 words)

	erechtheion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The location of this Kekropion, west of the Erechtheion, is given in IG I2, 372, and is known...
		The Erechtheion is located on the most sacred part of the Acropolis, where Athena defeated Poseidon in a...
		The Erechtheion was built between 421-405 B.C., at the height of the Peloponnesian War.
	www.architecture-onweb.com /greeks/4/erechtheion-.html (440 words)

	WebAcropol : The Erechtheion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The architect who designed the building is unknown, but one finds it difficult not to recall Mnesikles when gazing upon this remarkably graceful lonic structure, unique in Greek architecture for its originality of conception and its functional adaptation to accommodate the needs of so many cults.
		The Erechtheion is the finest expression of the Ionic order, yet the building loses none of the compact austerity of classical Attic architecture.
		The frieze was of Eleusinian stone of a deep grey colour, and relief figures were attached to it and secured by means of metal connecting pins set in the slabs.
	www.medialab.ntua.gr /wacro/erecht01.htm (491 words)

	The Ancient City of Athens: The Acropolis - Erechtheion - 1/32 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		General view of the Erechtheion from the southwest, showing the North Porch (at left), the "Olive Tree of Athena" (modern replacement!), and the Carytatid Porch.
		Note the modern (white) blocks of Pentelic marble which have been used in the reconstruction of the building.
		510-500 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC) are visible south of the Erechtheion.
	www.stoa.org /athens/sites/acroerechtheion/source/p07099.html (89 words)

	ARCL2001: Lecture 24
		The Erechtheion possesses a unique ground plan: asymmetrical, non-peripteral and totally unconventional, it is possible that the need to house multiple cults is reflected by the ground plan.
		Externally, the Erechtheion possessed two main columned porches giving access to the cult chambers on north and east, and a smaller third caryatid porch on the south.
		Since the ground on the north and west sides of the building is more than 3 metres lower than that on the east and south sides, the north porch had to accessed by a set of stairs.
	teaching.arts.usyd.edu.au /archaeology/arcl2001/lecture_24.htm (853 words)

	Erechtheion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		North of the Parthenon is one of the loveliest of all ancient monuments, the delicate Erechtheion, thought to have been built on the very spot where Athena and Poseidon had their contest for possession of Athens.
		The myth of the Erechtheion goes, that the Erechtheion was also the place where the goddess Athena allowed the sacred Olive tree to grow.
		Like many of the monuments on the Acropolis, the Erechtheion is feeling the effects of time and urban pollution, and its elegant columns the Caryatid Maidens, have had to be removed and replaced with copies for preservation.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/aegean/thecities/athens_adjuncts/erechtheion.html (154 words)

	The Erechtheion and the story of the Caryatides
		century AD the Erechtheion was a byzantine Christian church and in 1463 it was used as a house for the Harem of the Turkish commandant of the Acropolis.
		A British ambassador at Constantinople (Instabul), Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, “removed” one Caryatid from the Erechtheion (and many other sculptures from the Parthenon) which he sold to the British government.
		A Diachronic Examination of the Erechtheion and Its Reception, Ph.D. thesis of Dr. Alexandra Lesk, http://www.erechtheion.org/
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Arts/Architect.htm (1374 words)

	The Cult of Athena Polias
		The Porch of the Maidens of the temple known today as the Erechtheion is the only structure on the Acropolis that encroaches onto the groundplan of the Old Temple of Athena destroyed by the Persians.
		To understand why, we must first of all grasp the fact that both, the Old Temple of Athena and the so-called Erechtheion, to which the Porch of the Maidens is attached, were the temples of Athena Polias—although the new temple of Athena Polias also contained cult places dedicated to Erechtheus and to Poseidon.
		There are inscriptions which describe the construction of the Erechtheion, from which we know that it was completed in the summer of 407 B.C. Now Xenophon reports (Hellenica I.6.1) that the Old Temple of Athena was destroyed in 406 B.C., the same year that a lunar eclipse occurred.
	www.metrum.org /key/athens/cult.htm (1505 words)

	Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion
		The Erechtheion temple on the Acropolis at Athens is one of the masterpieces of Greek architecture, it was constructed between 421 BC and 405 BC.
		The southern porch, known as the Porch of the Caryatids or the Porch of the Erechtheion, has six sculptured draped female figures that support its entablature and is the temple's most unusual, beautiful entrance.
		In the carving of each of the six maidens, caryatids as they are architecturally called, they have a tranquil composure and display a flowing grace through the sculpting of the deep folds of the body clinging garments.
	www.eleganza.com /statue-gallery/b-13-caryatid-porch-erechtheion.html (529 words)

	Erechtheion
		It is said to be where Poseidon left his trident marks in a rock, and Athena's olive tree sprouted, in their battle for possession of the city.
		The Erechtheion complex has been used for a range of purposes, including a harem for the wives of the Turkish disdar in 1463.
		On the north side of the Acropolis stands the counterpart and complement of the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the oikos of Erechtheus, the mythical king who was originally worshipped on this spot.
	ah.phpwebhosting.com /a/OUTofBFLO/greece/ath/acrop/erec (1321 words)

	Interior Decorating Fine Art Greek Sculpure Reproduction Caryatid Fireplace Mantel Sculpture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Found in Greek architecture, as in the Erechtheion at the Acropolis in Athens.
		The intriguing work of architecture known as the Erechtheion shares the spotlight with the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis.
		However, the Erechtheion (constructed circa 421 - 405 BC) features something special that sets it apart from the famous temple of Athena Parthenos, and that is its stunning Caryatid Porch (this porch, incidentally, is sometimes referred to as the Porch of the Maidens).
	www.artsacred.com /statues/homeinteriorgardendecorfineartgreeksculpturereproductioncaryatidsculpture.htm (323 words)

	Acropolis
		Perhaps the most beautiful temple on the Acropolis, the Erechtheion (ill. 7-9), with its south porch supported by the six Caryatids (all modern copies), was constructed between 421-406 B.C., by Philokles.
		The Erechtheion's plan was quite complex because it had to accommodate a number of earlier buildings.
		Finally, the Odeion of Herodes Atticus (ill. 2-3), a theatre with an elaborate multi-tiered colonnade enclosing the stage, was built in the 2nd century A.D. and partially rebuilt in modern times because of its phenomenal acoustics.
	www.rollins.edu /Foreign_Lang/Greek/acropol.html (427 words)

	Erechtheion Photographs
		The Erechtheion is one of the oldest buildings on the Acropolis dating from about 470 B.C. The Erechtheion has a unique construction due to the uneven ground it was built on as well as being renovated by the Romans.
		The rocks under/in the norther porch of the Erechtheion (the vestibule of Poseidon Erechtheus) are said to bare the marks of Poseidon's trident from when he struck the rock.
		Unfortunately when the Erechtheion also became a store for gunpowder it became the end of the original building.
	home.comcast.net /~apollophotos/photos/greece/athens/acropolis/pt2.html (357 words)

	VideoNET: Ancient Greece - Acropolis
		During Perikles' Golden Age, ancient Greek civilization was represented in an ideal way on the hill and some of the architectural masterpieces of the period were erected on its ground.
		During the Classical period (450-330 B.C.) three important temples were erected on the ruins of earlier ones: the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, and the Temple of Nike, dedicated to Athena Parthenos, Athena Polias, and Athena-Apteros Nike, respectively.
		They supported the roof of the south porch of the Erechtheion, and probably were the work of Alkamenes, a student of the great sculptor Pheidias.
	www.videonet.gr /acropolis.htm (783 words)

	Classical Archaeology: Lecture 17
		In contrast to the Parthenon, the Erechtheion was in the Ionic style, much lighter and graceful.
		The Erechtheion is a very complicated building on two levels, with the projecting porch of the maidens (Karyatids).
		The Erechtheion was converted into a church during the Middle Ages and it was used as a harem for the Turkish ruler of Athens.
	isthmia.osu.edu /teg/hist306/lec17c.htm (155 words)

	Erechtheion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Das Erechtheion steht an einer Stelle der Akropolis, an der die ältesten Bauspuren aus mykenischer Zeit nachzuweisen sind.
		Das Erechtheion, das auf der Akropolis an der sogenannten Heiligen Straße steht, ist in eleganter, ionischer Ordnung gebaut.
		Das Erechtheion liegt etwa 3 m tiefer als der Kultraum der Athene.
	www.gottwein.de /Hell2000/athakr_er01.htm (840 words)

	Athens, Erechtheion, with Caryatids :: Travel Tidbits
		The Erechtheion, named for King Erechtheus, a mythological king of Athens, is one of the oldest buildings on the Acropolis.
		This porch is known as the porch of the Maidens, or porch of the Caryatids (a supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female figure), and it is said to stand over a mythical king of Athens.
		The Erechtheion became a store for gunpowder, and when the Venetian's were fighting the Turk's, the kegs blew, sending the roof flying all over the site, destroying the Erechtheion and damaging several other buildings as well.
	www.travel-tidbits.com /tidbits/002826.shtml (147 words)

	The Alison Frantz Photographic Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Erechtheion, North Porch, detail of capitals and entablature
		Erechtheion, detail of ornament, south wall, wall crown and architrave
		Erechtheion, detail of ornament on anta of North Porch
	www.ascsa.edu.gr /photo/afc/Re_Site_search.asp?page=4 (51 words)

	Greek Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Built in the Classical era, the Erechtheion in Athens is on the Acropolis near the Parthenon.
		It is notable for its caryatids, " draped female figures substituting for columns supporting an entablature", these are very uncommon in Greek architecture.
		The Erechtheion is the subject of this site, part of the Perseus Project of Tufts.
	www.providence.edu /dwc/gkarchit.htm (1635 words)

	PlanetWare - Country Navigator Local Photos
		Erechtheion with it's Porch of the Caryatids at Acropolis in Athens.
		Female statues serve as columns on Porch of the Caryatids on the Acropolis, Athens.
		Unauthorized duplication in part or whole without prior written consent prohibited by international copyright laws.
	www.planetware.com /photos/PHGR.HTM (131 words)

	Gayle Goudy Kochanski's Portfolio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The building that stands on the north side of the Acropolis, today referred to as the Erechtheion, and the ruins, referred to as Archaios Neos, to the south of it have been the subject of lengthy discussion since Dörpfeld excavated these ruins in the late nineteenth-century.
		The debate is this: Did the Archaios Neos stand through the Periklean project in accordance with the Oath of Plataea and remain the home of the ancient olive wood cult statue or was the temple razed to its foundations and the cult statue moved to a Pre-Erechtheion as the new Temple of Athena Polias?
		Jeppesen believes that the Temple of Athena Polias is a room of the building known as the Erechtheion, but the “true Erechtheion” is what is known as the House of the Arrephoroi.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~gkochans/ah_erech.html (318 words)

	Greek Architecture: Erechtheion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The three western figures take their weight on the right leg, the eastern on the left.
		The Erechtheion is built of Pentelic marble and was designed by Mnesicles.
		The decoration throughout is varied and shows exquisite detail and craftmanship; this is particularly apparent in the anthemion and guilloche ornament.
	www.portergaud.edu /cmcarver/erec.html (1694 words)

	Travelmaniac Acropolis photos
		Sculpture remains on the west pediment of the Parthenon
		The Erechtheion was constructed to house the most traditional and most ancient shrines.
		Ionian columns of the northern porch of the Erechtheion
	www.travelmaniac.com /greece/pg_greece.htm (260 words)

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