Athens in 404 was a city in defeat. When the Parthenon was completed in 432 B.C., the gleaming marble temple atop the Acropolis would have been visible from almost anywhere in the ancient city.

Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (made around 440 BC). Marble; from the Parthenon, Athens Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens ...

On arriving in Athens, the first sight these young tourists would look for was the Acropolis and its crowning glory: the pillared Parthenon, dedicated to the warrior goddess Athena. Yet even as ...

Originally built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition, this replica of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, serves as a monument to what is considered the pinnacle of classical architecture.

Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens' patron goddess. Little is known about this ...

At the end of the fifth century BC, the Peloponnesian War resulted in Athens' shattering defeat by Sparta. Taking advantage of the debacle, a commission of thirty Athenians abolished the democratic ...

Greece is home to some of the world’s most famous Greek temples, showcasing ancient Greek artistry and architectural ...

The Temple of Athena Nike in Athens was built to worship both Athena and Nike and was dedicated in hopes of winning the Peloponnesian War. The Parthenon ... (a 2nd Century BC Greek author) said ...

The chairman and founder of the International Organising Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles in ... to the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Mr Comino has spent the last 42 ...

Boston College, the first institution of higher education to operate in the city of Boston, is today among the nation’s foremost universities, a leader in the liberal arts, scientific inquiry, and ...

and what that sculpture meant to the people who made it and looked at it in Athens in the fifth century BC. The Parthenon sculptures set out to present an Athenian universe made up of gods ...

Still, the city is also known as the "Athens of the South" thanks to the numerous higher education institutions established there. This identity is reinforced with the Parthenon, a full-scale ...