How To Use acropolis In A Sentence
- It was replanned in marble after the battle of Marathon in 490 bc, but it was not constructed in its final form until 447-432 BC when it became the centre-piece of Pericles' scheme for the Acropolis.
- Picture a cross between Machu Picchu and greek acropolis, all tumbled down.
- Forget the Parthenon and the Acropolis; these days the Patriot Missile launchers unsubtly stationed across the city are the tourist sites du jour.
- Located on the acropolis at Lindos, the shrine of Athena is alleged to have been founded by the mythical king Danaos.
- In addition, two main temples were constructed on the acropolis, and a thriving seaport at present-day Minet el-Beida was located about half a mile away.
- The NationalGeographic Society made a generous contribution toward the excavation of the acropolis and the theater.
- From the acropolis we have a sanctuary of Demeter and Kore while from the North Harbour area we have rich levels from the 6th century.
- Women of Athens wove the peplos or robe to be presented to the statue of Athena Polias on the Acropolis, embroidered with a scene of the battle with the Giants.
- It was located within the wall, on the lower slope of the acropolis, not far from a series of cisterns for collection of water.
- When the excavations on the acropolis were begun, no traces of the biserial rows of rooms were detected, although the remains of the walls were traceable. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744
