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22 hours ago · Phidias (sculptor) The Parthenon ( / ˈpɑːrθəˌnɒn, - nən /; Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, romanized : Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, romanized : Parthenónas [parθeˈnonas]) is a former temple [6] [7] on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
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Architect and Confederate veteran William Crawford Smith,...
- Athena Parthenos
The Varvakeion Athena reflects the type of the restored...
- Temple of Athena (Disambiguation)
The Temple of Athena is the Parthenon on the Athenian...
- Pentelic Marble
Mount Pentelicus or Pentelikon (Greek: Πεντέλη, Πεντελικόν...
- Acropolis Museum
The Acropolis Museum (Greek: Μουσείο Ακρόπολης, Mouseio...
- Parthenon
2 days ago · Macaria (Μακαρία), daughter of Hades and goddess of blessed death (not to be confused with the daughter of Heracles) Melinoe (Μελινόη), daughter of Persephone and Zeus who presided over the propitiations offered to the ghosts of the dead. Menoetes (Μενοίτης), an Underworld spirit who herded the cattle of Hades.
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3 days ago · Credit: Acropolis Museum. American philhellene and veteran photographer Robert McCabe pictured post-war Greece in hundreds of mesmerizing photos that depicted the landscape and people of the country during difficult but more innocent times. His lifetime work, reflected in numerous exhibitions and books, made him an unofficial ambassador for Greece.
4 days ago · The Cyclades, Greece. Google Maps. Cycladic figurines, unsurprisingly, originate from this part of the world. What’s a little more complicated is that the society that produced them was not one homogenous group of people. The Cyclades are extremely tiny and have very limited resources. Consequently, each island community would have been small.
2 days ago · This is a list of the tallest people, verified by Guinness World Records or other reliable sources. According to the Guinness World Records, the tallest human in recorded history was Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940), who was 272 cm (8 ft 11 in). He received media attention in 1939 when he was measured to be the tallest man in ...
3 days ago · Robert McCabe's photography exhibition, "Χαίρε Ξένε. In the land of dreams," which opens today in the Periodical Exhibition Hall on the ground floor of the Acropolis Museum, offers a special, human, and artistic look at post-war Greece. The exhibition, which is co-organised with the Ministry of Tourism, includes around 100 photographs ...
3 days ago · During the years following the end of the 1 st World War there was a tremendous growth of the tourist industry in Southern Europe. Mykonos effectively assimilated these new facts and with the hard work, the incomparable elegance and the entrepreneurial perception of its people, the island claimed one of the most enviable positions in the international tourist market.
