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Erechtheion was also called, in whole or in part ναός της πολιάδος (or της 'Αθήνας), but it awakens suspicion to read of an ancient άγαλμα which we know was called Polias, and which was perhaps the Polias κατ' εξοχήν, and immediately after, with no introduction or explanation, to read of a temple of Polias in which that άγαλμα is not.
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Page 6 In the Erechtheion there was, then, a very ancient statue called Polias; in the temple beside the Erechtheion was no statue about which anything is known, and yet, according to
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- The Temple of Athena Polias function Go () {return}
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Polias knows what it means to be a Greek marathoner
USATODAY.com 2005
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Polias, whose first name means "victory for the people," has one advantage, the home-course edge.
USATODAY.com - Polias knows what it means to be a Greek marathoner 2004
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"It will be difficult because the level of the athletes is very, very high," Polias said.
USATODAY.com - Polias knows what it means to be a Greek marathoner 2004
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Polias knows the legend of Phidippides, who supposedly ran from Marathon to Athens to announcer Greece's victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon.
USATODAY.com - Polias knows what it means to be a Greek marathoner 2004
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"I am getting calm, at least I am trying to," Polias said.
USATODAY.com - Polias knows what it means to be a Greek marathoner 2004
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It is a gift from our state to the world, Greek marathoner Nikos Polias said.
USATODAY.com - Polias knows what it means to be a Greek marathoner 2004
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Polias 'season-best time of two hours, 15 minutes and two seconds lags behind Kenyan Sammy Korir's 2: 06: 48.
USATODAY.com - Polias knows what it means to be a Greek marathoner 2004
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