An open-air museum filled with sites of antiquity, the Greek capital has a well-earned reputation for being a rewarding ...

An open-air museum filled with sites of antiquity, the Greek capital has a well-earned reputation for being a rewarding ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The most famed structures at the Acropolis—the Parthenon, the Erechtheion temple, the Propylaea gate, and the Temple of ...

Johnson As its name suggests, the Acropolis Museum – which resides ... Key exhibits include a relief of Athena Nike, several carved statues from Erechtheion, the head of a statue of Alexander ...

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 ...

Tell us a little more about this Athena. Hurwit: Athena was known in many guises, and there were many Athenas worshipped on the Acropolis. The most sacred was not the Athena of the Parthenon.

The most important monuments were built during that time: the Parthenon, built by Ictinus, the Erechtheon, the Propylaea, the monumental entrance to the Acropolis, designed by Mnesicles and the small ...

Athena, Aphrodite, Dionysus and more. As your guide spins tales, you'll see the Theatre of Dionysus, the Acropolis and the Agora, among other famous sites. Travelers say the tour is great for all ...