# Has anyone visited the replica of the Athena Parthenos statue in Nashville, Tennessee? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502 "2014-07-06T23:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/1 "2014-07-06T23:05:55Z")
I posted a reference to the original statue in Athens in this [trivia thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17524879&postcount=20140) and I was surprised to learn that there was a replica in Nashville. I’m just curious. Is it impressive? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/2 "2014-07-07T00:56:23Z")
Obligatory link to [The Parthenon.](http://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Parthenon.aspx) The answer depends on what it takes to impress you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/3 "2014-07-07T01:09:39Z")
I 've seen it on several occasions when visiting Centennial Park. Although I’ve not seen the original, I would say that there’s no comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Lydia\_Phalfav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lydia\_Phalfav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lydia_Phalfav)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/4 "2014-07-07T01:47:05Z")
My husband & I go to the dog park across the street every weekend, but we haven’t really wandered over there to take a closer look. I think we’ll plan to do that next weekend. =) ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/5 "2014-07-07T02:30:44Z")
We saw it when we were in Nashville this past spring. I cannot imagine it is as amazing as the real thing, but it was very grand. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/6 "2014-07-07T02:31:38Z")
I saw it on a road trip several years ago. The statue was pretty cool but the place was very noisy. Try to avoid visiting at the same time as elementary school groups. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/7 "2014-07-07T02:48:13Z")
I’ve been there. It was bizarre in the “wtf were they thinking?” sense. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/8 "2014-07-07T14:00:12Z")
Nothing says “country music” like classical Athens! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/9 "2014-07-07T14:54:57Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Although I’ve not seen the original, I would say that there’s no comparison. There really is no “original”. The original has long since been lost. Of course there are versions which are “more original” in the sense of being much older copies, from classical times. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/10 "2014-07-07T15:07:10Z")
I have been to both, and I prefer the one on Nashville as the air conditioning works better. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/11 "2014-07-07T20:28:38Z")
doesn’t **Skald the Rhymer** live in Nashville? coincidence??? (or maybe he lives in Memphis, but, seriously, it’s still weird.) ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/12 "2014-07-08T00:58:59Z")
I grew up there. I always thought it was cool. Many people don’t even know you can go inside. With the doors open, you can see the statue from outside, and the coolest part is that the angel in her hand is about 6 feet tall, all by itself. [It’s pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty cool.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Athena_Parthenos_LeQuire.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/13 "2014-07-08T01:18:17Z")
Thanks, that’s a great photo for emphasising the statue’s enormous size. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/14 "2014-07-08T06:15:07Z")
I now have a reason to visit Nashville. Hail Athena! ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/15 "2014-07-08T07:31:14Z")
I have to say that the Parthenon in Athens was about the most underwhelming place I have ever visited. After Stonehenge. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/16 "2014-07-08T13:22:51Z")
It was quite impressive when I visited there in 1994. I believe the ‘angel’ in her hand is actually [Nike](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_(mythology)). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/17 "2014-07-08T14:13:40Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > I grew up there. I always thought it was cool. > > Many people don’t even know you can go inside. With the doors open, you can see the statue from outside, and the coolest part is that the angel in her hand is about 6 feet tall, all by itself. [It’s pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty cool.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Athena_Parthenos_LeQuire.jpg) I saw it about 45 years ago when I was very young, and do not recall the statue having metal on it. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/18 "2014-07-08T14:29:26Z")
It is impressive in size, but it didn’t actually take my breath away. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/19 "2014-07-08T17:58:56Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I saw it about 45 years ago when I was very young, and do not recall the statue having metal on it. They only painted it in recent years to more closely resemble the original as we believe it would have looked in ancient times. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502/20 "2014-07-08T18:07:29Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > They only painted it in recent years to more closely resemble the original as we believe it would have looked in ancient times. Thanks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-visited-the-replica-of-the-athena-parthenos-statue-in-nashville-tennessee/692502.md?page=2)