CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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in the marketplace.
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in the countryside.
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on the acropolis.
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on a nearby island.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The temples and government buildings were often built on the top of a hill, or acropolis. A surviving example of a structure central to an ancient acropolis is the famous Parthenon of Athens.
Detailed explanation-2: -Archaeological remains At the centre of the Acropolis is the Parthenon or Temple of Athena Parthenos (Athena the Virgin). East of the entrance and north of the Parthenon is the temple known as the Erechtheum.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Acropolis of Athens is the most striking and complete ancient Greek monumental complex still existing in our times. It is situated on a hill of average height (156m) that rises in the basin of Athens.
Detailed explanation-4: -Athens has the best-known acropolis, built during the second half of the 5th century bc. The Athenian acropolis, located on a craggy, walled hill, was built as a home of Athena, the patron goddess of the city.
Detailed explanation-5: -An Acropolis is any citadel or complex built on a high hill. The name derives from the Greek akro, “high” or “extreme/extremity” or “edge", and polis, “city", translated as “high city", “city on the edge” or “city in the air", the most famous being the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, built in the 5th century BCE.