Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens' patron goddess. Little is known about this ...

Poseidon’s front torso is in Athens ... and mounted in the original order on a scale model of the Parthenon’s upper portion. One retentionist argument, however, has endured, and it is of ...

On arriving in Athens, the first sight these young tourists would look for was the Acropolis and its crowning glory: the pillared Parthenon, dedicated to the warrior goddess Athena. Yet even as ...

An engraving of the Parthenon atop the Acropolis decorated the front side of the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games medals. Above the engraving, “12th Paralympic Games Athens 2004” was written in Greek. The ...

This identity is reinforced with the Parthenon, a full-scale replica of the one found in Athens. Although Nashville's Parthenon was only meant to be temporary – it was built for the Tennessee ...

Greek lawmakers have elected a former parliament speaker and leading advocate for the return of the Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum as the country’s new president. Constantine ...

Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, and a few years later put them on public show in London. For most western Europeans it was the ...

The 2,500-year-old Parthenon is among the most recognizable embodiments of Greece's golden age, hailed worldwide as a symbol of wealth, culture, and intellect. The marble building was centrally ...