the inner sanctuary of the parthenon where the statue of athena is located is known as the erechtheion.
the inner sanctuary of the parthenon where the statue of athena is located is known as the erechtheion.
the inner sanctuary of the parthenon where the statue of athena is located in known as the?
erechtheion
cult images were a common presence in ancient egypt, and still are in modern-day kemetism. the term is often confined to the relatively small images, typically in gold, that lived in the "naos" in the inner sanctuary of egyptian temples dedicated to that god (except when taken on ceremonial outings, say to visit their spouse). these images usually showed the god in their sacred barque or boat; none of them survive. only the priests were allowed access to the inner sanctuary.
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the origin of the parthenon's name is from the greek word παρθενών ("parthenon"), which referred to the "unmarried women's apartments" in a house and in the parthenon's case seems to have been used at first only for a particular room of the temple; it is debated which room this is and how the room acquired its name. the liddell–scott–jones "greek–english lexicon" states that this room was the western cella of the parthenon, as does j.b. bury. jamauri d. green holds that the parthenon was the room in which the peplos presented to athena at the panathenaic festival was woven by the "arrephoroi", a group of four young girls chosen to serve athena each year. christopher pelling asserts that athena parthenos may have constituted a discrete cult of athena, intimately connected with, but not identical to, that of athena polias. according to this theory, the name of the parthenon means the "temple of the virgin goddess" and refers to the cult of athena parthenos that was associated with the temple. the epithet "parthénos" () meant "maiden, girl", but also "virgin, unmarried woman" and was especially used for artemis, the goddess of wild animals, the hunt, and vegetation, and for athena, the goddess of strategy and tactics, handicraft, and practical reason. it has also been suggested that the name of the temple alludes to the maidens ("parthenoi"), whose supreme sacrifice guaranteed the safety of the city. "parthénos" has also been applied to the virgin mary, parthénos maria, and the parthenon had been converted to a christian church dedicated to the virgin mary in the final decade of the sixth century.
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