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Fifth-century Athens was the Greek city-state of Athens in the time from 480 to 404 BC. Formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens, the latter part being the Age of Pericles, it was buoyed by political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing.
The Parthenon (/ ˈ p ɑːr θ ə ˌ n ɒ n,-n ən /; Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, romanized: Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, romanized: Parthenónas [parθeˈnonas]) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC.
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Fifth-century Athens. Historically Athens has received much of the credit for keeping Greece from becoming part of the Persian Empire. The fifth century was her finest period, documented in contemporary literature, which has survived, and celebrated in monumental art which has also survived; the most famous example is the Parthenon.
Feb 17, 2024 · February 17, 2024. The Parthenon in Athens, one of the most important structures in ancient Greece. Credit: Paolina 27 /Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0. In Athens, the fifth century BC served as a period in which art, literature, and thought flourished, and it ultimately defines our image of Ancient Greece. by Patrick Garner.
Strains of fifth-century Athenian rhetoric, sketches of political types, and reflections of Athens' institutions and society lend plays of this category a distinctly fifth-century Athenian flavor.
Oct 8, 2023 · Fifth-Century Athens: Despotic, Democratic, or Both? By Arthur Li. In the Greek tragedian Aeschylus’ 472 BC play The Persians, the Persian queen Atossa asks, “Who is set over [the Athenians] as shepherd and is master of their host?”
