The Acropolis

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The Acropolis of Athens is a flat-topped rock 150 m above level. It was also known as Cecropia, after the legendary Cecrops, the first of Athens. Most of the major temples were rebuilt under the leadership of Pericles the Golden Age of Athens (460–430 BC). Phidias, a great Athenian sculptor, and Ictinus and Callicrates, two famous architects, were for the building project. The most important visible on the Acropolis today - that is, the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Erechtheum and the temple of Athena Nike were erected during this under their supervision. The to the Acropolis was a monumental gateway called the Propylaea. The tiny Temple of Athena Nike is to the south of the entrance. The Parthenon or Temple of Athena Parthenos is at the of the Acropolis. East of the entrance and north of the Parthenon is the temple known as the Erechtheum. South of the platform that forms the top of the Acropolis there are also the of an outdoor theatre called Theatre of Dionysus. A few hundred away there is the, now partially reconstructed, Theatre of Herodes Atticus.

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