To the right of the entrance of the Acropolis is the little Ionic temple of Athena Nike (Victorious Athena). In Mycenaean times, there was evidently a small shrine here, and Peisistratos constructed a more substantial altar, destroyed in the Persian conflagration 2500 years ago. The Periclean temple stood until it was destroyed by the Turks in 1686; happily, it was reconstructed and restored first in the 19th, and then again in the 20th centuries. The sculptural frieze of the temple, is a departure from tradition, showed not the contests of the gods, but scenes from the Battle of Plateau, in which the Greeks decisively defeated the Persians almost 2500 years ago.