The Acropolis of Athens

Acropolis Acropolis Museum altar Ancient Athens anta architectural architrave Artemis Asclepieum Asclepius Athena Polias Athenian bastion Beulé blocks bronze building built cave cella century B.C. Chalkotheke chamber Cimon colonnade columns corner cornice cult decorated Dionysus Doric Dörpfeld east cella entrance Erechtheum erected excavations feet figures fragments Frazer frieze front Furtwängler Gardner Gardner's Ancient Athens goddess Greek Hecatompedon Herodes Atticus Hygieia inscription Ionic later limestone marble masonry mentioned metopes metres Michaelis Mnesicles monument Museum Nike north porch old Athena temple old temple older Parthenon opisthodomos orchestra original Pausanias pedestal pediment Pelargicon Pelasgic wall Penrose Pericles period peristyle Persian Phidias polygonal poros portico Poseidon precinct probably Propylaea Propylon referred remains restored rock Roman sacred sanctuary sculpture seen shrine slabs slope stairway statue steps stoa stone stood structure stylobate surface temple of Athena terrace triglyphs votive offerings western wing Zeus καὶ τῆς