The Athena Promachos was one of the earliest recorded works by Pheidias and was originally a well-known and famous Athenian landmark.[3] According to the Greek traveler and geographer, Pausanias, the top of Athena's helmet as well as the tip of her spear could be seen by sailors and anyone approaching Athens from Attica, at Sounion.[4] It originally stood between the Erechtheion and the Propylaea.[1]