The Acropolis is a massive archaeological site brimming with the artistic monuments and wonders of ancient Greece. Here are ...

In 447 Pericles began the project he is most famous for: the building program on the Acropolis. Through its great naval alliance the city controlled an empire - Pericles now insisted his ...

As for Pericles, he died in a plague that devastated the city’s population. But the Acropolis would long outlive him. A colossal Athena once presided over the Acropolis. The Acropolis is the ...