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The Parthenon and other main buildings on the Acropolis were built by Pericles in the fifth century BC as a monument to the cultural and political achievements of the inhabitants of Athens.
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www.athensguide.com/athacrop.html
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Reconstruction of the Parthenon from The Greeks documentary ... In 447 Pericles began the project he is most famous for: the building program on the Acropolis. ... The History of the Acropolis; The Parthenon; Delian League;
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www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/characters/pericles_p6.ht...
www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/characters/pericles_p6.html
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www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/acropolis/built.html
www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/acropolis/built.html
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According to Dontas, Mycenaean kings built a palace at the north end of the rock “where the Archaic temple of Athena was later built, or a little further east on the summit of the hill” (The Acropolis and its Museum, 6). Besides a fort and a place of royal residence, the Acropolis functioned as a place of worship...
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ancient-greece.org/history/acropolis.html
ancient-greece.org/history/acropolis.html
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The Parthenon on the Acropolis was built by Ictinus and Callicrates, the crown of the Greek temples. ... During the middle period, about 1900 BC, the great palaces of Knossos and Phaestos were built. There are debates whether these buildings were housing kings or priests, but it is thought there was a religious...
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www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/history/general/a...
www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/history/general/ancient.htm
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Pericles was leader of the Athenians and built Acropolis to honor Athena. 39 foot high statue of; Athena sits in the town. Many people and small countries looked to Athens for protection. Athens was completed in 50 years. ...
http://ondix.com/pdf/docs/quiz_teacher_1071113413.pdf
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Major temple to Athene the Maiden (Greek Parthenos) built on the Acropolis in Athens in the 430s BC. It is renowned for the splendor of its marble, the ingeniousness of its design (achieved through sloping its columns slightly inwards) and its sculptured reliefs.
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www.historytoday.com/historicaldictionary.aspx?m=473&am...
www.historytoday.com/historicaldictionary.aspx?m=473&amid=2469
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Inside the temple is a statue of Athena made built by the best sculptors in Greece. The reason for building the Acropolis is a very interesting. Poseidon, god of the sea, and his niece Athena both wanted the city of Athens for their home.
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www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/projects/fifth/greece/b...
www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/projects/fifth/greece/brandt.html
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Declan McCullagh's photographs ... The Parthenon, a temple of Athena built atop the Acropolis in the 5th century BC and the most famous example of classic Greek architecture...
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www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-12/the-parthenon
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