The Athena Promachos sculpture, long since destroyed, was one of the wonders of its time, and is a perfect attraction for the time-travelling tourism offered by the Assassin’s Creed series.

Phidias was the sculptor who chiseled the statues of the goddess Athena, namely the Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon, and the Athena Promachos, a colossal bronze which stood between it and ...

Smashing times Athens’ patron goddess once presided over the Acropolis as Athena Promachos – a huge bronze effigy wearing a helmet, waving a spear and looking fierce.