Erechtheion

English

Alternative forms

• Erechtheum

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.

Further reading

• Erechtheion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia