Iktinos and Kallikrates, The Parthenon, 447 - 432 B.C.E.

We are looking at the Parthenon.

This is the huge marble temple

to the Goddess of Athena

We are upon the top of a rocky outcrop

in the city of Athens

very high up, overlooking the city

overlooking the GNC

Now Athens was just one of many Greek city states

and almost everyone had an Acropolis

That is, having a fotified hill within its city

because these were waring states

But in the fifth century, Athens was

the most powerful city state

and that's the period that

the Parthnon dates to

And this d