GREEK ARCCHITECTURE IN ATHENS

THE ERECTHEUM
The erechtheum is located at the point of a mythical fight between Poseidon
and Athena for the possession of Athens
Athena is believed to have won the fight and so Athens was named after her
The erechtheum was named after
Erechtheus, the legendary king of Athens,
whose mother was the goddess of the
earth and whose father was the fire god
He was brought up by Athena and is
believed to have judged the fight between
Poseidon and Athena
The shape of the erechtheum is not a
perfect rectangular and it does not have a
colonnade surrounding it