Lasting for up to three years, and taking in Switzerland, Paris, and Rome ... was the Acropolis and its crowning glory: the pillared Parthenon, dedicated to the warrior goddess Athena.

The present Duc de Laborde has a fne female head from one of the Parthenon pediments at his Paris hotel. This relic reached France by way of Venice. Some scholars believe it to be a remnant of the ...

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 ...

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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 ...