Athens Acropolis [site]
unknown (Greek (ancient))
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Date
-500--300Description
View of the Acropolis, from the Roman Agora, with the Tower of Winds in the foreground; 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: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/10/2008)
Type of Work
excavation (site); fortificationSubject
architectural exteriors, deities, mythology (Classical), Greek (ancient)
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