(The word parthenon in its Greek form means "of the virgins.") A similar cult of girls lived at the temple of Athena Polias, "Athena of the City." The Parthenon remained a temple for a millennium ...

Through its great naval alliance the city controlled an empire - Pericles ... the building of the Parthenon was Pericles' greatest triumph and he oversaw the project personally.

On arriving in Athens, the first sight these young tourists would look for was the Acropolis and its crowning glory: the pillared Parthenon ... and arms dump by the city’s Ottoman occupiers ...

Here's Mary Beard again, on the non-Athenian view of the Parthenon: "I think the Parthenon ... Not as the self-image of one ancient city, but as the emblem of a new modern country.

Here's Mary Beard again, on the non-Athenian view of the Parthenon: "I think the Parthenon ... Not as the self-image of one ancient city, but as the emblem of a new modern country.

Nashville, United States - December 28, 2024 Originally built for the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition, this replica of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, serves as a monument to what is ...