In Athens, the fifth century BC served as a period in which art and thought flourished, and it defines our image of Ancient ...

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

Johnson As its name suggests, the Acropolis Museum – which resides in central Athens' Makrigianni district ... several carved statues from Erechtheion, the head of a statue of Alexander the ...

The Cradle of Western Architecture Athens is like a time machine that transports you back to the very roots of Western architecture. Often called the birthplace of civilization, Athens is an open-air ...

No visit to Athens is complete without climbing up to ... Admire the majestic Parthenon and other ancient structures, such as the Erechtheion with its famous Caryatids. Just make sure to wear ...

The intention, says Hurwit, was to represent Athens as the greatest of Greek ... Temple of Athena Nike, Erechtheion, and Parthenon. Over the millennia the deterioration of these monuments as ...

FILE - A woman poses for a photo in front Caryatid statues that prop up the porch of the 5th century B.C. Erechtheion temple ... windy day at Acropolis hill, in Athens, Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

Cleisthenes was the statesman who laid the foundations of democracy in ancient Athens by dividing Attica into ten tribes by location.

The Erechtheion, a temple to Athena, occupies the most sacred ground on Athens’s Acropolis. Ancient Greeks held festivals, sacrifices, games, and religious processions at the site; today it’s ...

The Acropolis is a sacred hill in the heart of Athens with the Parthenon at its peak. Beside it is a smaller temple known as the Erechtheion, named after Erechtheus, a mythical king of Athens.