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The Real Life of the Parthenon
Ownership battles over the marbles removed from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin have been rumbling into invective, pleading, and counterclaims for two centuries.The emotional temperature around them is high, and steering across the vast past to safe anchor in a brilliant heritage is tricky. The stories around antiquities become distorted by the pull.
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Pericles
Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. Centuries of praise have endowed him with the powers of a demigod, but what did his friends, associates, and fellow citizens think of him? In Pericles: A Sourcebook and Reader, Stephen V. Tracy visits the fifth century B.C. to find out. Tracy compiles and translates the scattered, elusive primary sources relating to Pericles. He brings Athens's political atmosphere to life with archaeological evidence and the accounts of those close to Pericles, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Protagoras, Sophocles, Lysias, Xenophon, Plato, and Plutarch. Readers will discover Pericles as a formidable politician, a persuasive and inspiring orator, and a man full of human contradictions.
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A Clear View of the Parthenon
\"Nearly 2,500 years ago, workers made a marvel on a big hill. They built the Parthenon. It is a temple. It is made of marble. It has columns and sculptures. The temple was for the Greek goddess Athena Parthenos. At times, the Parthenon was a treasury. It also stored gunpowder. Later, it became a symbol of democracy. The Parthenon survived earthquakes, fire, war, and thieves. Parts of it are still standing in Athens, Greece. But the building isn’t what it once was. The roof is gone. The walls have crumbled. People protect and restore the ruins. Many visitors only see the Parthenon behind scaffolding. Now, for the first time in 20 years, there’s a clear view!\" (News-O-Matic) Read more about how visitors now have a clear view of the Parthenon.
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Parthenon
The Parthenon is one of the worldʼs great monuments. Standing on the Acropolis, the rocky outcrop in the centre of Athens, the temple remains a symbol of the golden age of Athenian democracy.
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