This identity is reinforced with the Parthenon, a full-scale replica of the one found in Athens. Although Nashville's Parthenon was only meant to be temporary – it was built for the Tennessee ...

There, in the 1980s, artist Alan LeQuire created a full-sized reconstruction of Athena Parthenos now housed within the city's Parthenon replica. Bringing marble to the Acropolis was a monumental task.

Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens' patron goddess. Little is known about this ...