Temple of Athena Nike
The Temple of Athena Nike, the smallest temple on the Acropolis of Athens, is dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike. Built around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis.
- Type: Temple
- Description: ancient Greek temple built in the fifth century CE on the Acropolis of Athens in honor of Athena as the goddess of victory, located in Athens Municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Apteros”, “Atena Nike”, “Athena Nike”, “Athena-Nike-Tempel”, “Hram Atine Nike”, “Nike Apteros”, “Nike-tempel”, “Nikè-tempel”, “Niketempel”, “Nikètempel”, “Tempel der Nike Apteros”, “Tempel van Nike”, “Temple d’Atena Nice”, “Temple d’Athena Nike”, “Temple d’Athéna Niké”, “Temple of Athena Apteros”, “Templo de atena nica”, “Templo de atena nike”, “Templo de atena niké”, “Templo de atenas nica”, “Templo de Athena Niké”, “Templo de Nike Áptera”, “Templul Victoriei neînaripate”, “Ναός της Απτέρου Νίκης”, “아테나 니케 신전”, “アテナ・ニケ神殿”, and “雅典娜尼刻神廟”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Parthenon and Erechtheion.
Parthenon
Erechtheion
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anafiotika and Acropolis.
Asteroskopeio
Neighborhood
Photo: Dimboukas, Public domain.Temple of Athena Nike
- Categories: ancient Greek temple, archaeological site, and religion
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.97151° or 37° 58′ 17″ north
Longitude
23.72487° or 23° 43′ 30″ east
Elevation
136 metres (446 feet)
Open location code
8G95XPCF+JW
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Temple of Athena Nike” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معبد أثينا نيكه”
- Armenian: “Աթենաս Նիկե աստվածուհու տաճար”
- Basque: “Atena Nikeren tenplua”
- Belarusian: “Храм Нікі Аптэрас”
- Catalan: “temple de Nice Àptera”
- Catalan: “Temple de Nice Àptera”
- Chinese: “勝利女神神廟”
- Chinese: “胜利女神神庙”
- Chinese: “雅典娜·尼刻神廟”
- Chinese: “雅典娜勝利神廟”
- Croatian: “Hram Atene Nike”
- Czech: “Chrám Athény Niké”
- Dutch: “Tempel van Nikè”
- Esperanto: “Templo de Atena Nike”
- Estonian: “Athena Nike tempel”
- Finnish: “Athene Niken temppeli”
- French: “temple d’Athéna Nikè”
- French: “Temple d’Athéna Nikè”
- Galician: “Templo de Atenea Nike”
- German: “Tempel der Athena Nike”
- Greek: “Ναός Αθηνάς Νίκης”
- Greek: “Ναός της Αθηνάς Νίκης”
- Hebrew: “מקדש אתנה ניקה”
- Icelandic: “Hof Aþenu Nike”
- Italian: “Tempio di Atena Nike”
- Japanese: “アテーナー・ニーケー神殿”
- Kazakh: “Қанатсыз Ника ғибадатханасы”
- Korean: “아테나 니케의 신전”
- Latin: “Aedes Victoriae Involucris (Athenae)”
- Latin: “Aedes Victoriae Involucris”
- Lithuanian: “Atėnės Nikės šventykla”
- Persian: “معبد آتنا نیکه”
- Polish: “Świątynia Ateny Nike”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Atena Nice”
- Romanian: “Templul Atenei Nike”
- Russian: “Храм Ники Аптерос”
- Serbian: “Храм Атине Нике”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Atene Nike”
- Sinhala: “ඇතීනා නයිකි දේවස්ථානය”
- Slovak: “Chrám Atény Niké”
- Slovenian: “Tempelj Atene Nike”
- Spanish: “Templo de Atenea Niké”
- Swedish: “Athena Niketemplet”
- Tatar: “Афина-Ника Аптерос гыйбадәтханәсе”
- Turkish: “Athena Nike Tapınağı”
- Turkish: “Athena-Nike Tapınağı”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Ніки Аптерос”
- Urdu: “ایتھینا نائکی کا مندر”
- Vietnamese: “Đền Athena Nike”
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