The clan structure, which had begun to take shape during the Middle Paleolithic epoch, reached its full development during the Neolithic period. In northern Greece the Neolithic period is represented by the Sesklo, Dimini, and Larisa cultures, characterized by fortified settlements on hills, the ...
Loss of interest in ancient Greece during the transition to the Middle Ages was not absolute. The Byzantines preserved the most important ancient Greek texts, which served as school exercises or fulfilled practical needs, despite their “pagan” origin. Beginning in the middle of the ninth ...
the same building could perform the functions of theater andbouleuterion, depending on the circumstance. That was not the case in Athens, where one can find, besides thebouleuterion, anodeon(small covered theater) in the middle of the agora, constructed under Roman rule in the first century...
flew over the city to find a huge rock to place in front of the hill of the Acropolis and thus protect it from invaders. As she was carrying the stone on her way back, a crow came to her, bringing bad news. Athena was surprised and the big rock fell from her hands to the ground...
an exemplar of Greek art known as the Parthenon frieze, depict a procession of hundreds of Athenian nobles, as well as mythological deities and animals. In its original state, the Parthenon accommodated an ivory and gold statue of Athena. Today, the ruins of the Acropolis, including the Parthe...
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yeah, there was a gigantic statue. this clip is actually a really good reconstruction of the acropolis around, say, like four 440 bce. the acropolis was a big rock in the middle of the city where the major religious sanctuaries were. on top of that rock was a huge bronze statue that ...
where athletes practiced wrestling and boxing. It consists of a square central courtyard surrounded by arcades with a perimeter colonnade. Around the perimeter of the palaestra would also be the bowling alley for the training of the boxers and perhaps a sanctuary of Herakles. In the middle of th...
Through her long-time association with Ion Dragoumis, Delta was thrust in the middle of the turbulent early 20th-century Greek politics, from the Macedonian Struggle to the National Schism. She committed suicide on the day German troops entered Athens in World War II. Birthplace: Alexandria, ...
Meteora means the middle of the sky, a name derived from the rock pinnacles that surge upwards. At the top of these magnificent rock formations are a collection of 24 monasteries, some of which date back to the 14th century. It is easy to see why these men of God chose to live, work...