Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens ... the invasion of Greece, approximately ...

Pericles called Athens "the school of Hellas," an education unto Greece, and the Parthenon was intended to be the main text in the curriculum. Q: How did the temple relate to the rest of the ...

Their argument is that the marbles are the property of the Greek ... a temple garlanded with masterful carvings—the Parthenon was designed by Phidias to celebrate the glory of Athens.

The remaining five caryatids, which supported the portico of the temple, are held in the Acropolis Museum of Athens ... Greek governments have petitioned for the return of the Parthenon marbles.

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners ... BC , including the Parthenon, the Temple of Athena Nike and the ...

The Parthenon temple was built for the Greek goddess Athena. It sits on top of a hill called the Acropolis and looks out over the city of Athens. The last period of Greek history is known as the ...

Cape Sounion and Temple of Poseidon Half-Day Small-Group Tour from Athens (2511 reviews) Athens Half Day Tour, Acropolis, Parthenon, Temple of Olympian Zeus & Hephaistus ...