The Parthenon was built as an offering of thanks to Athena for the salvation of Athens and Greece in the Persian wars. It's the largest building in Greece, and is the highest point of the Acropolis. ... In the eastern cella is the giant 40 foot statue of Athena Parthenos. ... On the east pediment is the story of the birth of Athena. The sculptures are standing in the center but as you go outwards the sculptures became more recumbent(lying down) and we think that these were a god or hero. ...

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In Ancient Greece, two pillars of artistic communication were theatre and architecture. ... In an age of almost non-stop warfare, the male citizens of a Greek polis between the ages of 18 and 60 were obliged to serve in the army. ... Aeschylus aptly personifies the basis of this societal value with the words of Athena: ?... Athena herself found[s]? ... actions, while they are still partially motivated by revenge, are also instructed by the god Apollo. ...

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Empires like the Macedonian, Byzantine, French, Turks, and finally the Greeks (Durant). ... They envisioned Greece being the center of all beauty and inspiration, with monuments of no comparison. ... On the isle of Delos, as told in Greek stories, the great god Apollo and his sister Thetis had been born. ... The first and foremost would be the temple to Athena, the Parthenon. ... To the right of the Propylaia was the temple of Athena Nike. ...

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