Ancient Greek history is full of the names of great minds: philosophers, scientists, statesmen, generals, historians and artists.

Hurwit: Thirty years before Pericles began his great building program, the Acropolis was destroyed by Persians in 480 and again in 479 B.C. after a great invasion led by the king of Persia ...

In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...

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 ...

Housing more than 4,000 works of art, the New Acropolis Museum in Athens will ... "We're not lecturing people about the golden era of Pericles, but letting them discover for themselves the beauty ...

As for Pericles, he died in a plague that devastated the city’s population. But the Acropolis would long outlive him. A ...

The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are universal symbols ... an exceptional group of artists put into effect the ambitious plans of Athenian statesman Pericles and, under the inspired guidance ...

Much of the construction of the Acropolis of Athens as we know it today began during the second half of the fifth century B.C ...

The colossal gold and ivory statue of the goddess Athena, in the Parthenon on the Acropolis ... when it was ruled by Pericles.

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