HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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It was used to worship the goddess Athena.
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It houses a number of famous Greek buildings.
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It is a modern art museum that copies ancient Greek design.
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It was built in Rome but has elements of ancient Greek architecture.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Over the centuries, the Acropolis was many things: a home to kings, a citadel, a mythical home of the gods, a religious center and a tourist attraction.
Detailed explanation-2: -Greek architecture is known for tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance. The Greeks built all sorts of buildings. The main examples of Greek architecture that survive today are the large temples that they built to their gods.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Parthenon is one of the most famous landmarks in the world and is generally regarded as the most influential building in Greek history. It stands on the citadel of the Athenian Acropolis in Greece and construction began in 447 BC.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens, yet every Greek city had an acropolis of its own.
Detailed explanation-6: -Once inside the ‘sacred precinct’ the most fabulous building was the Parthenon, the surviving ruins of which are what most people associate with Ancient Greece. The Parthenon was started in 447 BC and completed some fifteen years later.