Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens ... the invasion of Greece, approximately ...

Lasting for up to three years, and taking in Switzerland, Paris, and Rome, the high point of this secular pilgrimage for most travelers was Greece. On arriving in Athens, the first sight these ...

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners ... 5th century BC , including the Parthenon, the Temple of Athena Nike ...

Parthenon sculpture ... chest to finance the defence of Greece against the Persians. In time, though, this fighting fund became protection money, demanded by Athens from the other Greek cities ...

For a city with so much mythical and cultural baggage, Athens is surprisingly modern. Sure, there are Byzantine churches tucked among the tightly knit apartments and the Parthenon looms into view ...

So the Parthenon was an attempt on the part of Pericles and Athens to assert the city's cultural, political, and military dominance over the rest of Greece and the Aegean. Pericles called Athens ...

Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon ... Greece against the Persians. In time, though, this fighting fund became protection money, demanded by ...

"But I think there is a way forward where these sculptures, the Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon Sculptures, could be seen both in London and in Athens, and that will be a win-win for Greece and for us." ...

The chairman and founder of the International Organising Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles in ... to the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Mr Comino has spent the last 42 ...

Still, the city is also known as the "Athens of the South" thanks to the numerous higher education institutions established there. This identity is reinforced with the Parthenon, a full-scale ...