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 ...

And it was thus as much a temple to Athens and the Athenians ... Hurwit: The Parthenon was an expression and embodiment of Athenian wealth, and it was a symbol of Athenian political and cultural ...

More than 2,400 years after its construction, the Parthenon—the sanctuary to the goddess Athena—still dominates the skyline of the Acropolis in Athens. The structure, originally painted in ...

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 ...

By incorporating this scene of civic celebration, the scholars suggest, the Parthenon served not merely as an imperial propaganda statement but also as an expression of Athens’ burgeoning ...

Marble; from the Parthenon, Athens Around 1800 ... not only the sculptures but the building - became emblematic, the symbol of new Greece. It still is, and we're still restoring it, and naturally ...

The Parthenon stands as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and its democratic ... the patroness of Athens. Constructed in ...

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In 1687, amid the Great Turkish War, Venice’s forces rained a fusillade of cannonballs on the Ottoman-held Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The Turks had been using the Classical temple as a storage ...