It had great roof ornaments, acroteria, in the form of victory figures, Nikai, alighting as if descending from heaven. And the great statue of Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon, made of gold ...

The pedestals supporting the base of the large urns are called acroteria. Chastely draped cherubs look down from above on both the Nostrand Avenue and Sterling Place sides, sitting amidst acanthus ...

During the Hellenistic and Classical periods, ancient Greek sculpture aimed to depict the human form realistically but in an ...

It was later moved to its present position in St Andrew's chapel. The white marble tablet with decoration of acroteria on a black marble ground is by sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott. The inscription ...