Classical Greece
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Classical Greece was a period of around 200 years in Ancient Greece, marked by much of the eastern Aegean and northern regions of Greek culture gaining increased autonomy from the Persian Empire; the
The Acropolis and Parthenon, in Athens, a temple to Athena
Construction of the Parthenon began in the 5th century BC
Cities at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War
Athenian empire.
Classical Athens
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Athens, was a prominent city-state of ancient Greece during the classical period, in the peninsula of Attica. Athens was a centre for the arts, learning, and philosophy, and is widely referred to as a
Early Athenian coin, 5th century BC. British Museum
The modern National Academy in Athens, with Apollo and Athena on their columns, and Socrates and Plato seated in front.
The Acropolis imagined in an 1846 painting by Leo von Klenze
The Temple of Hephaestus in modern-day Athens