The ancient Athenian Bouphonia ritual was a peculiar festival dedicated to Zeus, involving an unlawful ox sacrifice carried ...

Situated on a rocky outcrop above Athens, Greece, the Acropolis is a citadel ... One of these losses is a gigantic statue of Athena once located inside the Parthenon. Known as Athena Parthenos ...

“Although there were many important sanctuaries and public spaces in Athens and across Attica,” says classical art historian Jeffrey Hurwit of the University of Oregon, “the Acropolis stands ...

The story of how Athens, one of the oldest cities in the world, attained its current name is a foundational tale of Greek ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Once you're inside the Acropolis Museum ... Johnson As its name suggests, the Acropolis Museum – which resides in central Athens' Makrigianni district just below the ...

Although at first glance one might think that the figure represented on the 30-centimeter-diameter marble sphere preserved in the Acropolis Museum in Athens is the Statue of Liberty, in reality, the ...

The next owner of this seven-bedroom neoclassical home in the center of Athens will live in ... neoclassical buildings ‘inside’ the garden of the Acropolis Museum, which makes it extremely ...

Demetrios Ioannou The sun had just started to set when the lights on the streets of Athens turned on one by ... Fafalios recalled. “Inside, it was a mess. There was only the facade left, but ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Visits to the Acropolis of Athens, Greece’s most popular archaeological site, will be capped starting next month at a maximum 20,000 daily and subject to varying hourly ...

In Athens, Dionysus' hedonistic spirit thrives ... provides year-round outdoor dining. Inside, gallery walls and Roman sculptures create an artful ambiance. Catering to the post-theater crowd ...