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Question: Can i have any info on the Parthenon and the temle of Athena Nike!?
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Here's a link to a similar question regarding the Parthenon I answered a few days back:

http://answers!.yahoo!.com/question/index;!.!.!.
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As for the Temple of Athena Nike, it's something of an odd structure!.

"With four columns only on each of the two fronts and none along the flanks, this tiny elegant Ionic structure acted at once as an abstraction of Victory!.!.!.and as a firm space divider, a wall, for the channeled path that led to the Propylaia!."

'A History of Architecture' 1995 - Spiro Kostof
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Another unique feature of the temple is its unusual corner Ionic capitals, which are splayed out, rather than sitting nearly flush with the frieze (edit: frieze is the wrong word; the correct word is architrave) above them!.
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Here's another link:
http://www!.sacred-destinations!.com/greec!.!.!.

and a pic:
http://www!.geocities!.com/athens/ithaca/1!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com