Classical Studies 2904A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gunpowder Magazine, Pediment, Cella
24 Feb 2017
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The main purpose of the acropolis - sacred space for the worship of gods. Athena - main goddess, goddess of wisdom and war, contest to see who would be the main god/goddess and athena brought olive tree so she won. Poseidon - from the contest by zeus, poseidon used his trident to bring forth sea-water, didn"t win but still honoured. There were phases into building the acropolis (bronze age, archaic period and classical era) In early 1800s athens was under ottoman rule, lord thomas elgin took acropolis marbles with permission. Turks lost egypt to french: napoleon and the british was the protector of the sultan of. George gordon (lord byron) called him the spoiler , from that point the right of the powerful to strip the weak of their heritage came into question. Lord byron the poet and philhellene fought in the war of greek independence and died from a fever in central greece (mesolongi in april 19, 1824)
