On the Acropolis.(Poem) American Scholar (9/22/2002)
On the Acropolis It doesn't seem as though we could die up here, does it? The Acropolis is so old that death on it seems superfluous...statues with our heads! God smiles down at the Acropolis. It's a good church But with the wrong idea...
The Acropolis and its new museum.(Debate)(Viewpoint essay) Antiquity (12/1/2009)
The new Acropolis Museum was opened in June 2009 with worldwide fanfare. For this was for the Athenian acropolis--the Acropolis. After two lower galleries, visitors reach the top floor and...
Behold the raking geison: the new Acropolis Museum and its context-free archaeologies.(Debate)(Essay) Antiquity (6/1/2011)
Acropolismus The opening of the new Acropolis Museum in June 2009 was one of the most...the Classical ruins it preserved. The Acropolis became, naturally, the focal point...and to what ends (Loukaki 2008). The Acropolis was duly cleansed from any non-Classical...
A new museum for the Acropolis. Calliope (10/1/2004)
The Athenian Acropolis is one of the world's best known ancient...first museum to house finds from the Acropolis area was built in 1865. In spite of...it will allow all the finds from the Acropolis to be in one museum. As visitors walk...
The Acropolis: global fame, local claim. .(Book Review) Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (6/1/2003)
YALOURI, ELEANA. The Acropolis: global fame, local claim. xix...material culture study' of the Acropolis. For the author borrows the lenses...the local and global meanings of the Acropolis -- the result of it becoming both...
The New Acropolis Museum: banal, sloppy, badly detailed sophistry. The Architectural Review (6/1/2009)
...Parthenon, the centrepiece of Athens' Acropolis temple complex, was rebuilt in the heyday...polis, or body of citizens. The New Acropolis Museum, opening on 20 June, is a testament...years. The site, at the foot of the Acropolis hill on the south-east side, is further...
Neighbors on the hill.(Acropolis) Calliope (1/1/2010)
...the Athenians. It was known as an acropolis, a combination of the Greek words...magnificent rock ledge became the Acropolis of the ancient world. The early kings built their palaces on the Acropolis. However, as Athens grew in size...
This 'Acropolis' is even shakier than Greece's economy; THE READERS' CHAMPION.(Business; Opinion, Columns) The Mail on Sunday (London, England) (1/31/2012)
...email I received from a company called Acropolis SGPS offering shares in a Madeira hotel...I must say the choice of the name 'Acropolis' is somewhat unfortunate in the context...shares are being sold by offshore company Acropolis rather than by Morgan Forbes in London...
Milestones; New Acropolis Museum opens. The Economist (US) (6/27/2009)
...a British diplomat, removed from the Acropolis temples in 1801-05 and later sold to...Parthenon sculptures and other finds from the Acropolis hill, fulfilling Mercouri's promise...century "looting" of treasures from the Acropolis. Also present were representatives of...
Sites to visit in Athens, from the Acropolis to Olympic village.(TRAVEL) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (2/25/2007)
...Byline: Chris Welsch; Staff Writer 1. Acropolis Start any tour of Athens on this historic...impact, and the views of Athens from the Acropolis will set the stage for the rest of your...sculptures and artifacts from the old Acropolis Museum into the New ...
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