Parthenon

Introduction Athena was a tall, strong, graceful, gray-eyed, goddess who liked owls. From the beginning, she was already an amazing goddess. In fact, even her birth was most unusual. Zeus, the father of gods and goddesses, was also Athena’s father. Her mother was a mortal woman named Metis. Older gods had warned Zeus that he would be in trouble if Metis gave birth to a daughter. So he swallowed Metis whole.Athena was Zeus’s favorite child. Athena's siblings included Persephone, the Dioscuri…

Age of Pericles, used the tax money from the Delian League to rebuild the demolished Athenian Acropolis, now known as the Parthenon (Document 7). This was a defining moment in Ancient Greek history as this sacred building was the epitome of the Ancient Greeks. The Parthenon represented the power of Athens and the Athenians. The distinct white marbled column design of the Parthenon was later used as inspiration to many modern buildings such as the White House or the Lincoln Memorial located in…

Athena was one of Zeus’s many daughters, but she was often called the lone child because of the way she was born. Instead of coming out of her mother, Athena was born from Zeus’s forehead after he ate her mother, Metis. There’s three stories about how she was birthed from his forehead. One of the three being that Zeus envied Metis for her wisdom so he devoured her. Zeus eventually got this enormous headache and Hermes cleaved Zeus’s head open with a double headed Minoan Axe, and Athena shot out…

Greek architecture is famous for its temples, the most celebrated of which is the Parthenon. Parthenon was built to honor Athena, the goddess of wisdom (Document 7). It contained large columns on the outside and a statute of Athena on the inside. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was built with the same types of columns and a statue…

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Chase, and Percy Jackson that are the seven demigods of the Prophecy leave in a huff from the enraged Romans. They head for Rome looking for a magical talisman known as the Mark of Athena that is supposed to lead Athena’s children to the missing Parthenon. In the course of their journey, word filters to them of one of their friends that has been taken captive necessitating a rescue mission. While they successfully rescue their friend, their ordeal is just starting as more of the seven get…

Pericles was an influential greek statesman, public speaker, and general of athens during the golden age. Pericles as a child was very quiet and introverted and devoted most of his time to his studies . He also received an exceptional education in music from Damon and math in under theoretical physicist Zeno of Elea. Pericle’s Legacy also included many achievements. Pericles was an introvert and took his studies very seriously. He was born around 493 BC into a rich aristocratic family. Pericles…

surplus money in an irresponsible way. The documentary described that Pericles used the surplus of money to create a symbol, which was named the Parthenon, and this was made to be a bank for money and treasures. The money was not used properly in the construction of the Parthenon and factions were outraged that he used their own contributions to build the Parthenon. Pericles claimed that he was using the surplus for public works which in his mind this was an act of public work. Overall, Pericles…

has been passed down by gernerations of people. There are no maps from 5th century Athens with makes it difficult to have a complete understanding of the way the Greece was. They also had no known plans or in depth detail about the building of the Parthenon. With the help of hisorians we are able to interpret what life in 5th century Athens could have been like. Ancient and modern Athens are two highly respected and valued cities around much of the…