Mycenaean Temple of Athena

S.E. Iakovides reconstructs two prehistoric terrace walls running parallel and close together along the north side of the Erechtheum site, walls which he thinks enclosed the most ancient items of chthonic worship.

Traces of a Mycenaean palace found at the Acropolis dated from about 1300 BCE can now be seen East of the Erechtheum.

At the end of the Mycenaean times (ca. 1125 BCE), after the abolition of the monarchy, the seat of the government was transferred to the lower city of Athens, and the Acropolis was left to the sanctuaries of Athena. It seems that the location of the Mycenaean palace had been occupied by a Temple dedicated to the God Poseidon and the Goddess Athena.

To read more about a well known Mycenaean Temple of Athena visit the Mycenaean Temple of Athena at Troy.

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