Salon 2, catalog no. 3

• Classical Greece, 420- 406 B.C.

 

• Acropolis  in Athens, Greece

 

• Erechtheion

 

• Artist Unknown

 

• Dedicated to the alters of Poseidon and Athena.

 

• It was built to accomodate the uneven ground and built around where Poseiden struck his trident into the ground and the Olive Tree that Athena grew.

 

• http://sasgreekart.pbcworks.com/w/page/10150001/Erechtheion

• http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/erechtheion.html