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Known by its Italian name Atleta di Fano, Victorious Youth is a Greek bronze
sculpture that was found in the sea of Fano on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It was
built between 300 and 100 BC and is currently among the collections of the J.
Paul Getty Museum in California. Historians believe that the statue was once a
part of the group of sculptures of victorious athletes in Olympia and Delphi.
2. The Temple of Athena Nike (Greek: Ναός Αθηνάς Νίκης, Naós Athinás Níkis) is a
temple on the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddess Athena Nike. Built
around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis. It
has a prominent position on a steep bastion at the south west corner of the
Acropolis to the right of the entrance, the Propylaea. In contrast to the
Acropolis proper, a walled sanctuary entered through the Propylaea, the
Victory Sanctuary was open, entered from the Propylaea's southwest wing and
from a narrow stair on the north. The sheer walls of its bastion were protected
on the north, west, and south by the Nike Parapet, named for its frieze of Nikai
celebrating victory and sacrificing to their patroness, Athena Nike.

Nike means "victory" in Greek, and Athena was worshipped in this form,
representative of being victorious in war. The citizens worshipped the goddess in
hopes of a successful outcome in the long Peloponnesian War fought against the
Spartans and their allies.

3. A stadium was built on the site of a simple racecourse by the Athenian

statesman Lykourgos (Lycurgus) c. 330 BC, primarily for the Panathenaic Games. It
was rebuilt in marble by Herodes Atticus, an Athenian Roman senator, by 144 AD
and had a capacity of 50,000 seats. After the rise of Christianity in the 4th century
it was largely abandoned. The stadium was excavated in 1869 and hosted the
Zappas Olympics in 1870 and 1875. After being refurbished, it hosted the opening
and closing ceremonies of the first modern Olympics in 1896 and was the venue
for 4 of the 9 contested sports. It was used for various purposes in the 20th
century and was once again used as an Olympic venue in 2004. It is the finishing
point for the annual Athens Classic Marathon It is also the last venue in Greece
from where the Olympic flame handover ceremony to the host nation takes place.