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

Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens ... building's main eastern entrance ...

The most ambitious building program in Greek history, the building of the Parthenon was Pericles' greatest ... which caused great resentment among many of Athens' allies, who were to be the ...

The Parthenon The Parthenon stands as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and its democratic ideals. Perched majestically on the Acropolis hill, this temple was dedicated to the goddess Athena, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Its proximity to the heart of the city and other more well-known attractions like the Parthenon ... entrance fee: 5€. Ticket prices include admission to the Museum of the Ancient Agora of Athens.

Claims to the Parthenon Sculptures began when they were taken from Greece under order by Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople — which controlled Athens until 1832 ...

Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, and a few years later put them on public show in London. For most western Europeans it was the ...