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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.

Drawing of the stele of Mika and Dion from Kerameikos cemetery, Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Imaginary reconstruction of the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens.

Imaginary reconstruction of the Erechtheion at the Acropolis of Athens.

Imaginary reconstruction of the interior of the Parthenon.

Caryatid, from the southern side of the Erechtheion.

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.

Relief of Nike Sandalizousa from the temple of Athena Nike at Athens Acropolis (kept today at the Acropolis Museum).

Relief of Nike from the temple of Athena Nike at Athens Acropolis (kept today at the Acropolis Museum).

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.

Cecrops and his daughter Pandrosos: Sculpture complex from the western pediment of the Parthenon.

Slab VI from the northern frieze of the Parthenon: Panathenaea procession.

Slab II from the northern frieze of the Parthenon: Panathenaea procession.

The Parthenon in 1687, after being blown up by the army of Francisco Morosini.

Reconstruction of the eastern pediment of the Parthenon: Birth of goddess Athena.

Reconstruction of the western pediment of the Parthenon: Strife of Athena and Poseidon.

Fête to officers of the English and French forces, and the Greek army and Navy, in the Acropolis during the British-French occupation of Athens and Piraeus in 1854-57. July 1854

The temple of Olympian Zeus, the Arch of Hadrian anf the Acropolis. In the background, Philopappus Hill and monument. In the foreground, the spring of Callirrhoe on Ilissus river. Painting by Harry Johnson.

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