Acropolis : an elevated fortified part of a city. The Acropolis of Athens was adorned with great architectural & sculptural monuments.
... blueprint of a magnitude that would uplift the spirit of every Athenian. Pheidias 11 Ictinus and Mnesicles, the best sculptors, were engaged for the fruition of this architectural programme. The Acropolis 12 was crowned with the Parthenon within which stood the marvelous statue of Athena, executed in ivory and gold by Pheidias, and the Erectheum,13 created also by Pheidias, with its colossal statue... Born in 469 BC in Athens, he followed Page 16 the trade of his father, a sculptor. It is said that the statues of Hermes and the three Graces, which stood at the entrance to the Acropolis had been carved by him. His mother was a midwife. He believed in training the body to keep fit and he is said to have usually been in good physical condition. He also participated in the Olympic... regarded as the greatest of all Classical sculptors. Along with the Athenian works commissioned by Pericles, he also sculpted the colossal statue of Zeus at Olympia in the 5th century BC. 12. Acropolis is the Greek term for the central place of a city containing the municipal and religious buildings, preferably located on a hill, as is the one in Athens, which has the Parthenon, a temple of the ...
... you wish to seem. The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be. Page 151 Top: The Acropolis at Athens. Every city had an acropolis, or citadel. Destroyed by the Persians, the Athenian Acropolis was rebuilt in the late 5th century BC. Right: Athena. This Roman version is the only evidence we have of the sumptuous appearance... ivory image of Athena made by Phidias for the Parthenon. Page 152 These supporting pillars in female form, the Caryatids, form part of the Erechtheum, a small temple on the Acropolis (see photo pp. 136-37). "Our city is education for all Hellas." (Pericles) Page 153 The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavour to be what you desire to appear. ...
... Marathon in 490 BC. And his son and successor Xerxes at Salamis in 480 BC. •> 3. Acropolis is the Greek term for the central place of a city containing the municipal and religious buildings, preferably located on a hill, as ;¦ is the one in Athens. The Parthenon is the main shrine of the Athenian Acropolis dedicated to the patron deity, the goddess Athena, Page 60 Socrates' concept... aspect of the collective life prospered and developed. 2 Architecture and the arts blossomed during this time, when Pericles, a political leader, promoted the extension and beautification of the Acropolis, and Phidias, the sculptor, created the statues of the Parthenon. 3 Cultural events such as public performances of the great plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides formed part of the developing... them and hold other high positions, are no better than women. If you have even the smallest reputation, gentlemen, you ought not to descend to these methods; and if Page 81 The Acropolis in Athens we do so, you must not give us licence. On the contrary, you must make it clear that anyone who stages these pathetic scenes and so brings ridicule upon our city is far more likely ...
... flaming pediment there moved, As on a frieze a march of sculptures, carved By Phidias for the Virgin strong and pure, Most perfect once of all things seen in earth Or Heaven, in Athens on the Acropolis, But now dismembered, now disrupt! or as In Buddhist cavern or Orissan temple, Large aspirations architectural, Page 138 Warrior and dancing-girl, adept and king, And conquering pomps ...
... the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and Athens became the leading state after the Persian advance was halted in the 5th century BC. Fifth-century Greece was dominated by the Athenians. The Acropolis was the ancient hilltop citadel of Athens, and its ruin still dominates the city today. Its buildings were constructed in the second half of the 5th century BC. The greatest was the Parthenon, the ...
... think that they are putting money or anything else before goodness, take your revenge by plaguing them as I plagued Page 80 The Parthenon (temple of Goddess Athena built on the Acropolis) you; and if they fancy themselves for no reason, you must scold them just as I scolded you, for neglecting the important things and thinking that they are good for something when they are good ...
... Ephialtes, leader of the Democratic Party is assassinated. Pericles replaces him and becomes Commander Page 144 in-chief of Athens. 449 BC — Acropolis is rebuilt and construction of the Parthenon begins. 445 BC — Aristophanes is born. "Thirty Year Peace" is signed between Sparta and Athens. 432 BC — Socrates ...
... the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and Athens became the leading state after the Persian advance was halted in the 5th century B.C. Fifth-century Greece was dominated by the Athenians. The Acropolis was the ancient hilltop citadel of Athens, and its ruins still dominates the city today. Its buildings were constructed in the second half of the 5th century B.C. The greatest was the Parthenon, the ...
... that the princess' body was still lying in that faraway cave. (23) M other saw me in one of my previous births in a vision. It was in ancient Greece. I was playing marbles by the Acropolis on the street. (24) O nce Mother told me of a vision she had when she had visited Venice. She was in a gondola in one of the deep canals. A gondola, as you know, is a Venetian ...
... seeking the Great Secret, the simple secret – through war and conquest, through meditation or magic, through beauty, religion or science. Though, in truth, we do not know who is most advanced: the Acropolis builder, the Theban magician, the Cape Kennedy astronaut, or the Cistercian monk, for one has rejected life in order to understand it, one has embraced it without understanding it, another has ...
... and nothing happens—no one, for millions and millions of years to come, not a cat on the planet, not a living soul! Or always the same shadow, endlessly repeated, through autumns and winters, the Acropolises, the Pyramids, the dreary suburbs—the stone or the concrete age; we are already in tomorrow—it was yesterday, and everything begins again. Yes, we are there, I have ridden on all the trains, and ...
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