HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Zeus
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Apollo
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Athena
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Hera
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Parthenon is a resplendent marble temple built between 447 and 432 B.C. during the height of the ancient Greek Empire. Dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, the Parthenon sits high atop a compound of temples known as the Acropolis of Athens .
Detailed explanation-2: -They are perhaps, from left to right, Hestia, goddess of the hearth and home, Dione, and her daughter Aphrodite.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Acropolis The Parthenon was to be the chief shrine to Athena and also the treasury of the Delian League, a confederacy of ancient Greek states under the leadership of Athens, founded in 478 bce.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Parthenon was a temple to the goddess Athena, patron of Athens, built at a time when Athens was at the height of its power and prosperity.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Panathenaea (or Panathenaia) was a multi-day ancient Greek festival held annually in Athens that would always conclude on 28 Hekatombaion, the first month of the Attic calendar. The main purpose of the festival was for Athenians and non-Athenians to celebrate the goddess Athena.