Hello Explorers! I am very sad to say that this will be my last post. I have had so much fun creating this blog and I hope you enjoyed reading it. Over the past month, I have shared multiple facts with you including a few about three important monuments and how they were special to the Greeks. I wrote about how the ancient Acropolis compared with the modern Acropolis, how it got destroyed in the Persian Wars along with the rest of Athens. I believe that it is important to learn about Greece because there are so many ways the Greeks impacted our world today including the Olympics, democracy, science, architecture, and more. I hope you enjoyed reading my blog!
Hi again! Have you ever wondered what the Acropolis is like today? Well you are just about to find out. Right now, I am going to talking about current Acropolis and I hope you learn something new! There is only ONE way to get into the Acropolis and that is walking in through the west side, the Buele Gate. When you tour the Acropolis, it takes about an three hours and you start at Propylaia and end at the Erechtheion, which is a small building where Arrhephoroi lived. Arrhephoroi were two little girls that looked after the Acropolis for the goddess, Athena. It is a long tour but it is definitely worth it. You get to learn about different cultures and history while getting a good exercise. When you go to the Acropolis of Athens, ask for an English pamphlet at the ticket booth and make sure to bring A LOT of water. TO make sure you have enough time to check out the Acropolis, it is open from eight in the morning until seven at night. In the winter, the closing time may change depending on how dark it gets. Here are my sources: Greece Tourism Hello again! I am so excited to be blogging after such a long time. Today I will be blogging about the history behind the Acropolis of Athens. During the Neolithic ages, the Acropolis was used as a military base because it had a great perspective of everything below. After the oracle stated that the Acropolis was supposed to be a sanctuary for the gods like Athena. As you might remember reading in my first post, the Parthenon was built in 477 BC as a monument built for Athena and the Temple of Nike was built in 449 BC as a monument for Athena and Nike. The whole Parthenon was burnt down in 480 BC along with the rest of Athens. During the Battle of Salamis in the Persian War, Greece won and the Persians were furious. To get revenge, the Persians burned down the city of Athens. 😭 After the war, Pericles, a Greek leader tried to recreate the Acropolis of Athens. The Acropolis never got completely finished but it is still a huge tourist attraction. Here is a survey I would like you to take. Hey Architects! In this blog, I am going to be talking about a few monuments on the Acropolis and why they're so important to Greece. What is the Parthenon? The Parthenon is a monument built for Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom in 447 BC by Phidias, Iktinos, and Kallikrates. The Parthenon was made of marble and limestone and the statue of Athena was made out of gold and ivory. In 480, the Parthenon got burned down by the Persians along with the rest of Athens. Yikes! The beautiful monument had ionic pillars along with a few doric. Now I am going to talk about the Temple of Nike. The Temple of Nike was dedicated to Athena and Nike. (Nike is the goddess of victory.) Like the Parthenon, the Temple of Nike was burned down by the Persians, however it was rebuilt in 435 BC. This temple is the smallest temple on the Acropolis and was made after a war against Boiotea and Chalcis. The war against Boiotea and Chalcis happened in 506 BC. The last monument I’m going to talk about is the Stoa of Eumenes. The Stoa of Eumenes was created by King Eumenes in 197 BC and is located between the Odeion of Herodes Attticus and the Theater of Dionysos. It was made of marble and stone and was important towards the topic of the Greek’s health. When the plague was going around, people would treat the sick in this monument. Here are my sites I got information from: Parthenon Temple of Nike
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