The Acropolis of Athens

Acropolis Acropolis Museum altar Ancient Athens anta architectural architrave Artemis Asclepius Athena Polias Athenian bastion blocks bronze building built cave ceiling cella century B.C. chamber Cimon colonnade columns corner cornice cult decorated Dionysus door Doric Dörpfeld drums east cella entrance Erechtheum erected excavations feet figures foundations fragments Frazer frieze front Furtwängler goddess Greek Hecatompedon Herodes Atticus 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 ornament Pausanias pedestal pediment Pelargicon Pelasgic wall Penrose Pericles period peristyle Persian Phidias Pisistratus poros portico Poseidon precinct probably pronaos Propylaea Propylon referred relief remains restored rock Roman sacred sanctuary sculpture seen shrine side slabs slope stairway statue steps stoa stone stood structure stylobate surface temple of Athena terrace triglyphs votive offerings western wing Zeus