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The Acropolis from the south-west.

The temple of Hephaestus and the Acropolis from the west.

Reconstruction of the interior of the Parthenon with the statue of Athena.

Figures from the pediment of the Parthenon (today at the British Museum, London).

View of the Parthenon. In the foreground, reliefs of the Byzantine age, as classified by Kyriakos Pittakis.

Athenian ships sail out to Salamis (imaginary representation).

The Acropolis as seen from the sea.

The Acropolis as seen from Acharnae.

Parthenon and the gold and ivory statue of goddess Athena (imaginary reconstruction).

Remains of the Parthenon.

A caravan of women leaves Athens.

Athens seen from the ancient Sacred Way. In the middleground, the Acropolis. In the background, Mount Hymettus.

View of Athens in the late 19th century.

The Parthenon at the time of Pericles (Imaginary reconstruction).

Relief of young man from the Parthenon frieze.

Imaginary reconstruction of the Agora of ancient Athens.

Imaginary reconstruction of Athens at the age of emperor Hadrian. View from the east.

Imaginary reconstruction of the Acropolis of Athens.

Oxen led to sacrifice, drawing after the reliefs on the northern frieze of the Parthenon.

Women at the Panathenaean procession, drawing after the reliefs on the eastern frieze of the Parthenon.

Cavalry, drawing after the reliefs on the frieze of the Parthenon, today at the British Museum, London.

Imaginary reconstruction of the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens.

Imaginary reconstruction of the interior of the Parthenon.

Dione and Aphrodite from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon, today at the British Museum, London.

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. In the background, the Acropolis.

Arch of Hadrian, Athens. In the background, the Acropolis.

The Acropolis of Athens from the south. On the right, the temple of Olympian Zeus.

Head of sculpture from the Parthenon.

Head of the sculpture of Nike from the western pediment of the Parthenon. The head was taken off the temple at the orders of Francesco Morosini, and carried off to Venice in 1687.

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