Erechtheum

A temple on the Acropolis at Athens, dedicated to Erechtheus, the legendary king of the city. It was built in c 421-407 BC and is remarkable for its caryatid porch and the complexity of its plan. It is a large and complex rectangular building in the Ionic style, built of white Pantelic marble and dark Eleusis stone.

A religious building on the North side of the Acropolis at Athens, named after the legendary King Erechtheus of Athens, and put up in the name of various cults to house cult objects and to cover cult areas. It is a large and complex rectangular building in the Ionic style, built of white Pantelic marble and dark Eleusis stone, and was erected in the period ¿421-407 bc. Architecturally it is most noteworthy for the Porch of the Maidens on its south side, with its delightful marble caryatids.