Athenian Acropolis (Athens, Greece)

Athenian Acropolis (Athens, Greece)

Acropolis (Athens, Greece)

Athens (Greece)

Attikē (Greece)

Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.

Age of Pericles

Pericles, 495-429 B.C.

Temples, Greek--Greece

Ancient Greek religion

This photograph shows the western side of the Athenian Acropolis. While originally a Mycenaean citadel in the Bronze Age, the Acropolis became the chief religious sanctuary during the Classical Period. After most of the religious sanctuaries were destroyed by the Persian emperor, Xerxes, in 480 BCE, the great Athenian Statesman, Pericles, embarked on an ambitious building campaign to illustrate Athens' dominance in the Greek world after the expulsion of the Persians in 479 BCE. This Periclean Age witnessed a rebirth for the Acropolis as a sanctuary for the Athenian world.

Proctor, Christopher

08-June-2007

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Attikē (Greece)

Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.