The pediment of the Doric temple at the shrine of Aegina’s native goddess Aphaia, constructed around 500, contains marble sculptures of Athena and heroes in combat (now famous as the Aegietan marbles), exemplifying a gradual shift from earlier portrayals of monsters to scenes of fighting.

The temple’s interior columns, which had to reach a greater height than the exterior colonnade, are constructed in two tiers.

The floral acroteria and bold pedimental sculptures are also carved from marble, which sculptors have introduced during the past couple of decades.