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The Acropolis
• The Acropolis was a religious shrine and fortress.
• Acropolis means “high city”.
• This flat limestone rock was very special to the Athenians. They built public buildings and temples on it.Timeline
1200 B.C. – Built a wall around most of it.
530 B.C. – Built temple to honor Athena.
480 B.C. – Persians captured Athens and destroyed most of the buildings.
5th Century B.C. – Golden Age and Persian Wars
447 B.C. - Pericles was the ruler. He ordered the rebuilding of the Acropolis and new structures – the Parthenon was built. It is the best known temple.
Propylaea – the huge entrance to the Acropolis. It was never completed due to the Peloponnesian War.
The Parthenon
• 449 B.C. – Pericles asked sculptor Phidas to rebuild the Acropolis. It took 2 years to plan.
• July 28, 447 B.C. – the first stone was laid.
• It was designed by Callicrates, Mnesicles, Ictinus
Building Information
• 228 feet long• 65 feet high• 101 feet wide• Simple design• 40 foot statue of Athena
• left hand has 20 foot shield• right hand has statue of Nike
• 46 Doric columns that went around all 4 sides
• Was built with the finest marblehttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/glorious-parthenon.html