Gods and goddesses like Athena ​ — whose glory depended on temples and statues — ​ have come and gone. The statue of Athena disappeared from the Parthenon in the fifth century C.E., and only the remains of a few of her temples still exist.
मनुष्याच्या कल्पनेने कोरलेल्या आकृतीसारखा ’ आहे अशी आपण कल्पना देखील करता कामा नये. — प्रेषितांची कृत्ये १७: २९.