Abutting the glacis of the Acropolis at Athens is the great theatre of Dionysis. |
The acanthus leaf was the inspiration of the architect who built the Acropolis. |
The only entranceway to the Acropolis at its western end, the Propylaea was built of Pentelic marble, with some details of black Eleusian stone. |
At Acropolis, near Athens, Minerva's statue formerly fell from the empyreal heaven. |
The base of its pedestal is still shown on the Acropolis between the propyla and the Erechtheum. |
You can see the Parthenon from anywhere in Athens, gleaming whitely on the Acropolis. |