Athena can be hard to identify when a statue is damaged, but her symbols are remarkably consistent. Follow the armor and attributes, and she emerges.

The east and west pediments frame Athena from two angles: divine origin and civic victory. This article makes the damaged scenes easier to read.

These square reliefs are the temple’s sharpest violent images. See how Centaurs, Amazons, Giants, and Trojans build one argument around threat.

What looks like a calm marble crowd is a carefully staged civic ritual. Read the frieze as movement, order, and arrival rather than just parade.