Many significant ancient Greek temples are found not only in Greece but also in other countries that were once part of the ...

Other scholars suggest that the structure gained its name, and Athena her epithet, from a temple room ... Turks from the Acropolis, they took up residence in the Parthenon's mosque, turning ...

Q: How did the temple relate to the rest of ... Later on in the history of the Acropolis, the Parthenon suffered greatly in other ways. [See The Parthenon's Many Lives for more details.] ...

View of one of the 46 outer columns of the Parthenon ... the Acropolis. Yet all that grueling labor, Kor­res contends, was dwarfed by the time and energy lavished on fine-tuning the temple ...

South Metope IV of the Parthenon is one of many sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece that have been scattered across the ...

The remaining five caryatids, which supported the portico of the temple ... Greeks—they are reunited with other treasures from the Parthenon and the Acropolis. Not surprisingly, the British ...

Other notable temples include the Temple of Apollo ... sunset views over the Aegean Sea. Located atop Acropolis Hill in Athens, the Parthenon is one of the most famous and popular tourist ...

High fortresses and temples known as acropoleis can ... Greece is often of gleaming white marble, the Parthenon and other ...

In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...

The citadel contains several ancient buildings, most notably the Parthenon ... It had great views of the Acropolis and was ...

The Temple of Hephaestus and other Ancient Agora ruins are open ... Athens Half Day Tour, Acropolis, Parthenon, Temple of Olympian Zeus & Hephaistus ...

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece ... throughout the 5th century BC , including the Parthenon, the Temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion.