Athens Acropolis [site]
Item
- Title
- Athens Acropolis [site]
- Alternative Title
- Athenian Acropolis
- City
- Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece
- Country
- Greece
- Date Created
- ca. 480-393 BCE (creation)
- Century
- 5th century BCE
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Style/Period
- Greek (ancient)
- Cultural Context
- Greek (ancient)
- Materials
- White marble
- Techniques
- carving (processes)
- construction
- Subject
- architectural exteriors
- architectural interiors
- deities
- mythology (Classical)
- Description
- General view of Acropolis from the city, The earliest significant architectural remains on the Acropolis, only date to the 13th century BCE. They include a terrace system that may have supported a palace complex. Athens was a major regional power and artistic centre under different political regimes from the 6th to the 4th century BCE. Around the 6th century BCE, the Acropolis, hitherto a place of refuge and perhaps a royal residence, assumed a purely religious function as a sanctuary of Athena, the patron goddess of the city, and many temples, treasuries and votive sculptures were erected there.
- Source
- Javier Gomez
- Photographer
- Javier Gomez
- Rights Holder
- © Javier Gomez
- Texas Tech University Libraries
- Access Rights
- Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
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