Acropolis

It was admitted that, yes, for over 200 years they were kept safe from harm, but the marbles would not be placed in the same conditions that they were in previously, but given a new home in at the new Acropolis Museum “ reunited” to their original home. It would be literally impossible to actually place them back on the Parthenon because it is now in ruins. The Greeks would be willing to allow the marbles to visit to different well known museums, such as

The Erechtheion was built to house the wooden statue of Athena Polis. It is an unusual and irregular temple situated on the north side of the acropolis. The temple was named after an early Athenian king named Erecthonios. During Erethonios reign a statue of Athena Polis fell to earth and this statue was placed into the Erechtheion. The exterior of the temple is designed so that there are four sets of columnar supports, three structural units with individual roofs and four different levels. There

classical look, due to the decolouration which had happened to it. When this came to the attention of the public years later, it caused outrage as the directors had chosen to do nothing about it. (2) The second largest collection of the Frieze is in the Acropolis museum in Athens with smaller parts in museums around Europe such as Paris. (3) The Frieze was taken from the Parthenon between 1801 and 1812 by Thomas Bruce the Earl of Elgin after he was granted permission to take them by the Ottoman Empire. He

The frescoes excavated at Akrotiri by Greek archaeologist Spyridon Marinatos, form our knowledge on what is believed to have been a thriving port-city in the Bronze Age world. Due to the eruption at Thera, the frescoes were found preserved when excavated. Amongst one of the most significant frescoes discovered was the Ship Fresco, found in the West House, or commonly mentioned as the House of the Admiral. The function of this room is not determined, however, evidence suggests that due to it being

Myth: Demeter, Hades, and Persephone Persephone was the daughter of the Greek god, Zeus, and goddess, Demeter. She was beautiful and happy. One day, as she was picking flowers in her field, her uncle, Hades, saw her and instantly fell in love with her. Hades decided to kidnap Persephone and took her to the underworld, where he was the god. He locked her in the Hall of Hades, where Persephone wept endlessly. There is a legend that says that if you eat anything in Hades’ lair, you can never leave.

Classical Greece consisted of many buildings and temples. In this audio, I will be informing you about the Temple of Zeus, The temple of Athena Nike and the famous Parthenon. Zeus was the king of all the Olympian gods and a temple was built in his honour. The temple was built in Olympia and measured 64 metres long and 21 metres high. This building was built in 450 BCE and the temple was faced in a specific direction so Zeus could watch over the Olympic games held every 4 years. The temple contained

For one, The Sphinx is a statue, made in the image of a cat with a human head and face wearing a Pharaoh's headdress, while the Parthenon is a temple that houses important and famous statues. The Parthenon is located on a large acropolis, while the Sphinx is located in Giza, in a desert surrounded by other pyramids. The Parthenon has now famous statues inside of the temple, while the Sphinx IS a statue. Also, the Sphinx is much older than the Parthenon. Eventually Greece took over

Persian army. In 447 BCE, Pericles promoted a massive reconstruction plan on a part of Athens that the Persians had destroyed in their savage of the city-state. He proposed the building of the Parthenon on the remains of an earlier temple on the Acropolis. The proposal of the Parthenon pleased the citizens of Athens because it was a celebration of Athenians achievements. It also pleased them because it served as a place of worship to the goddess Athena. Except for the timber roof supports, the entire

Late Antiquity period. Some sculpture details and descriptions of the statue allowed the piece to be accurately reconstructed. The Parthenon was built to protect the Statue of Athena Parthenos. It was built in Athens, Greece on the hill of the Acropolis . With the supervision of

Legal Ownership of the Parthenon Marbles The controversy began almost one hundred years ago. Between 1801 and 1812, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, removed several sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens and shipped them to England, where he sold them to the British Museum in 1816. 167 years later, Melina Mercouri, Greek Minister of Culture, requested that the “Elgin” Marbles be returned. This request sparked one of the greatest debates the