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The Acropolis is the one historical site you can't miss. You can take a tour or wander up there yourself but during the summer, whatever you do, unless it is overcast, go early or late in the day. ... Even in December, January and February the Acropolis can be surprisingly green. Even having seen a thousand photographs one...
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www.athensguide.com/acropolis.html
www.athensguide.com/acropolis.html
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THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS: The site of the Athenian Acropolis dominates the surrounding city. The cliffs leading up to it are fairly steep and it is an obviously defensible location. As such, it was originally, in Mycaenean times (Late Bronze Age) a citadel where the local king had his home and fortress.
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www.angelfire.com/ca2/kushana/Acropolis.html
www.angelfire.com/ca2/kushana/Acropolis.html
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THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS, GREECE ... The Acropolis (from the Greek acros, meaning high or upper and polis, meaning ''city) of Athens is a steep-sided hill supporting several temples, precincts, and other buildings. ... A reconstruction of the Acropolis as it appeared in the 5th century BCE...
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witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/acropolis.html
witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/acropolis.html
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Livio C. Stecchini ... There is a sort of bloom of newness upon these works of his, preserving them from the touch of time, as if they had some perennial spirit and undying vitality mingled in the composition of them. ... Introduction; The Old Temple of Athena; Early Reports; Francis Penrose; Ludwig Ross; The Three Parthenons;
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www.metrum.org/key/athens/index.htm
www.metrum.org/key/athens/index.htm
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Keesling, C. 2003. The Votive Statues of the Athenian Acropolis, Cambridge. ... Hurwit, J. The Athenian Acropolis: History, Mythology, and Archaeology from the Neolithic Era to the Present, Cambridge 1999. ... Rhodes, R. 1995. Architecture and Meaning on the Athenian Acropolis, Cambridge.
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www.stoa.org/athens/sites/acropolis.html
www.stoa.org/athens/sites/acropolis.html
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IKTINOS AND KALLIKRATES. The Parthenon, 447-438 BCE ... The Athenian Acropolis ... Views of the Acropolis from the west and southwest...
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www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/acropolis/acropolis.html
www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/acropolis/acropolis.html
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MNESIKLES. The Propylaia, 437-432 BCE ... Views of the supporting walls; The Odeion of Herodes Atticus (south slope of Acropolis, western half) ... The Athenian Acropolis...
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www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/acropolis/acropolis2.html
www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/acropolis/acropolis2.html
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This website focuses on the Athenian Acropolis (also written 'Akropolis', and referred to as Acropoli or Akropoli in modern Greek). The best known building on the Acropolis is the Parthenon, the most excellent and harmonious ancient Greek temple, built to honour Athena, the patron goddess of the city of Athens.
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www.acropolisofathens.gr/
www.acropolisofathens.gr/
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On each side of the building is depicted a different conflict, each of which is thought to allegorize the recent Greek (mostly Athenian) defeat of the Persians: Gigantomachy (east), Amazonomachy (west, shown in picture), Centauromachy (South) and the Trojan War (north). ... ATHENS; Acropolis; Athena Nike; Erechtheum;
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people.hsc.edu/drjclassics/sites/acropolis/parthenon.sh...
people.hsc.edu/drjclassics/sites/acropolis/parthenon.shtm
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