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ACROPOLIS index VIDEOPAGES:
1. Acropolis new
Museum...
2. Acropolis
metro station...
3. Erechtheum
Caryatides...
4. Propylaea...
5. Temple of
Athena Nike...
6. Temenos of
Artemis...
7.
Parthenon...
The
greatest and finest sanctuary of ancient Athens, dedicated
primarily to its patron, the goddess Athena, dominates the
centre of the modern city from the rocky crag known as the
Acropolis. The most celebrated myths of ancient Athens, its
greatest religious festivals, earliest cults and several
decisive events in the city's history are all connected to
this sacred precinct. The monuments of the Acropolis stand
in harmony with their natural setting. These unique
masterpieces of ancient architecture combine different
orders and styles of Classical art in a most innovative
manner and have influenced art and culture for many
centuries. The Acropolis of the fifth century BC is the most
accurate reflection of the splendour, power and wealth of
Athens at its greatest peak, the golden age of Perikles.
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Through
the Propylaia one enters the sanctuary proper with its great
masterpieces of ancient Greek architecture built primarily
in the fifth century under Perikles. The Parthenon, the
hallmark of ancient Greek civilization, is indeed the most
imposing of all. Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, it was
erected under Perikles replacing two earlier temples
dedicated to the same goddess.
Between the Parthenon and the
Propylaia, along the south wall, carved on bedrock, are the traces
of two buildings of the fifth century BC, the Brauronion, a shrine
dedicated to Artemis Brauronia, and the Chalkotheke, a building that
once contained votive offerings of bronze. East of the Parthenon is
a small circular temple of 27 BC, dedicated to Augustus and Rome. At
the highest point, on the east side of the hill, carved on bedrock,
are the traces of the shrine of Zeus Polieus, while the current
museum occupies the site of a shrine dedicated to the local hero
Pandion. On the north side of the hill is the Erechtheion, the Ionic
temple of Athena and Poseidon-Erechtheus with its famous porch of
the Karyatides. Along the south wall of the Erechtheion are the
foundations of the ?Old Temple?, the sixth century Doric temple of
Athena Polias, destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC, repaired and
finally burnt down in 406 BC. Northwest of the Erechtheion, along
the north wall of the Acropolis, is the Arrhephorion, a small square
building where the Arrhephoroi lived. These young women weaved the
peplos of the goddess for the Panathenaic festival and took part in
initiation rituals.
Ioanna Venieri,
archaeologist
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