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Dec 2017
52m 35s

065 The Athenian Akropolis

RYAN STITT
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In this episode, we discuss the construction, the history, and the significance of the buildings on the Athenian Akropolis (including the Parthenon, the Propylaia, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion, and a few others); together, these buildings mark the high point of the glorification of Athens, a confident assertion of its cultural leadership of Greece, a bold endorsement of its self-image, and a dazzling instrument of political propaganda, with the result that many later would consider the Athenian Akropolis to be the symbol of the legacy and the glories of Classical Greece

Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2017/12/065-athenian-acropolis.html

 

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