Acropolis Museum
| The Acropolis Museum houses priceless
finds. If you visit the Museum prior to your walk around the site you will be able to
better understand the history and function of the Acropolis, as the most important
religious center of the city of Athens and thus enjoy it even more. The most important exhibits are: the Moschoforos, the Kores, sculptures from the decoration of the Parthenon , the Caryatids. |
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An
exceptionally fine statue of a bearded youth of the 6th century BC, carrying a calf on his
shoulders, gift to the goddess Athena. |
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The
Archaic Kores were statues of young women, offered to Athena over a long period of time.
No Kore is similar to another. |
Sculptures from the decoration of the Parthenon
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These
are the few remains of the masterpiece of all time. See, among them, a few slabs from the
frieze depicting the Olympian gods, a few metopes depicting a scene from the
Centauromachia and so on. |
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These statues of beautiful priestesses, were used to support the roof of the
south porch of the Erechtheion (420 BC). They were probably named after the women of
Caryes (an ancient city in Arcadia, Peloponnese), who were supposed to be the models for
the statues. |