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THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS AND HISTORY

This picture is the city of Athens from the Acropolis.  The Acropolis is the high part of any ancient Greek City.  It is usually an eminence overlooking the  city and frequently it's citadel.
Some of the more notable citidels were in the acropolises of Argos, Messene, Thebes, and Corinth.  This one of Athens is the most eminent of them.
      This was the original city and built upon a seperate spur or butte of Hymettus.  The hill rises out of the plain, a mass of rock 500 feet above sea level,  with precipitous side except for a narrow access at the western end  where there is a road that zig zags for chariots.  The Propylaea, still in excellent condition stands here at the enterance of the Acropolis.  The summit of this rock forms and uneaven plain about 500 by 1000 feet at the maximum breadth and length.
         Within this area were reared, cheifly in the days of Pericles, remarkable works of architectual art.  The buildings were grouped around two principal temples.  The Parthenon and the Erechtheum.  Between the temples stood the statue of Athene Promachos by Phidias.  her helmet and spear were the first objects visible from the sea.  Below these center pieces, covering the steep sides, were lesser temples.  Also below them were more statues, theaters, fanes, and the odea or music halls.   Among the famous buildings were the Theater of Dionysis, the Odeum of Pericles, the small perfect temple of Athene Nike, and the Odeum of Herodes Atticus built by him in honor of his wife Regilla.
         Through time the ravages of time, accident, war, and the Athenian marble merchants many of the classic works have been destroyed.  But archiologists have secured many important remains of the Acropolis which are preserved in the museuam in Athens and in the collections of other European capitals.  Among these are partians of the frieze and pediments of the Parthenon saved for posterity through the initiative of Thomas Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin.
      

The next page basically deals with Egytian Geology, History, and more.  I will have more pages posted on Greek history and the culture.  I also want you to know that I will have one page specifically for Greek Mythology, dealing with the Gods and the religion behind the myth.  Religion is a hobby of mine and I hope you will take time to look at all the information before you.  The sociology of a society is usually based upon some type of religion or belief system so I hope you become fasinated and read more about this.   Literacy is the bread and butter of life.

This picture is of an Ancient obseveatory.  The Greeks were also famous for their astrology and their study of constiliations

This statue of Cupid and Psyche is just one of the beautiful works from greek sculpturers.