Blond Kouros's Head of the Acropolis museum in Athens

The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum located in Athens, Greece on the archeological site of Acropolis. It is considered as one of the major archaeological museums in Athens and ranks among the ost important museums of the world. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Blond Kouross Head of the Acropolis-museum The so called Blond Kouross Head of the Acropolis in Athens is the head of a lost marble statue of a young man (Kouros) or Ephebe (ca 480 B.C.). It can be visited in the Acropolis Museum in Athens (Inv. ... Athens (ancient Greek: αἱ Ἀθῆναι (plural), evolving into the modern αι Αθήναι in Greek until recently, and η Αθήνα nowadays (IPA : singular see below: Origin of the name ) is both the largest and the capital city of Greece, located in the Attica periphery. ... For other uses, see Athens (disambiguation). ... Acropolis of Athens from the south-west with the Propylaea and the Temple of Nike (left centre) and the theatre of Herodes Atticus (below left) Acropolis (Gr. ...

History

The museum is home to many of the Greek world's ancient relics found in and around the Acropolis site since excavations started. It was designed by the Greek architect Panages Kalkos and it was constructed in the years between 1865 and 1874. It was expanded in the 50's in a modern design executed by Patroklos Karantinos, a renowned Greek architect ^[1]. The Acropolis Museum houses stone sculptures and bronze remains ^[2] from the monuments of the Acropolis and some artifacts that are excavated on the site. It is located in the south-east corner of the Acropolis. Acropolis of Athens from the south-west with the Propylaea and the Temple of Nike (left centre) and the theatre of Herodes Atticus (below left) Acropolis (Gr. ... Sculptor redirects here. ... Assorted ancient Bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... Acropolis of Athens from the south-west with the Propylaea and the Temple of Nike (left centre) and the theatre of Herodes Atticus (below left) Acropolis (Gr. ... The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis (high city, The Sacred Rock) in the world. ...

-- Collections == The museum houses artifacts that were found on the Acropolis of Athens. Artifacts derive mainly from the Parthenon, Propylae, Erechtheum, Temple of Athena Nike, Eleusinion, Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia or Brauroneion, Chalkotheke, Pandroseion, the Old Temple of Athena, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the sanctuary of Asclepius or Asclepieion, Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus, the odeon of Pericles and the temenos of Dionysus Eleuthereus ^[3]. The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis (high city, The Sacred Rock) in the world. ... The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west. ... Erechtheum, from SW The Porch of Maidens The Erechtheum, or Erechtheion, is an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens in Greece, notable for a design that is both elegant and unusual. ... Reconstruction of the temple Nike means Victory in Greek, and Athena was worshiped in this form, as goddess of victory, on the Acropolis, Athens. ... An Athenian temple to Demeter, the Eleusinion was the place where all sacred objects associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries were kept between ceremonies. ... Computer generated reconstruction of the Chalkotheke The Chalkotheke was a building located on the Acropolis of Athens which housed the treasury of Athens. ... Reconstruction of the Pandroseion as it would have looked around 421 BC The Pandroseion was a sanctuary dedicated to Pandrosus, one of the daughters of Cecrops I, the first king of Athens, located on the Acropolis of Athens. ... The Old Temple of Athena (also known as the Hekatompedom) stood in the centre of the Acropolis of Athens. ... The Herod Atticus Odeon on the south slope of the Acropolis The Herodes Atticus Odeon was built in 161 by Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla, on the south slope of the Acropolis hill. ... Asclepius (Greek also rendered Aesculapius in Latin and transliterated Asklepios) was the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology, according to which he was born a mortal but was given immortality as the constellation Ophiuchus after his death. ... In ancient Greece, an asclepieion was a healing temple, sacred to the god Asclepius. ... The Odeon was a building used for musical performance in Athens built in the 5th century BC. Hence, any building in ancient Greece or the ancient Roman Empire was called an odeon. ... Pericles or Perikles (ca. ...

Highlights

• Parthenon Frieze
• Kritios Boy
• Caryatid

Cavalry from the Parthenon Frieze, West II, British Museum. ... The Kritios boy belongs to the Late Archaic period and is considered the precursor to the later classical sculptures of athletes. ... A caryatid (also spelt Karyatid), is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. ...

See also

• New Acropolis Museum
• Acropolis
• Erechtheum
• List of museums in Greece

A museum by architect Bernard Tschumi located near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. ... Acropolis of Athens from the south-west with the Propylaea and the Temple of Nike (left centre) and the theatre of Herodes Atticus (below left) Acropolis (Gr. ... Erechtheum, from SW The Porch of Maidens The Erechtheum, or Erechtheion, is an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens in Greece, notable for a design that is both elegant and unusual. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

External links

• Acropolis museum
• Acropolis Museum: Moschophoros, Kritios Boy

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