Exploring the Acropolis in the footsteps of ancient Athenians.

The Acropolis and the Parthenon - for iPod/iPhone

The Acropolis

An introduction to this album’s contents.

The Acropolis & the Parthenon

Transcript -- An introduction to this album’s contents.

Transcript -- The Acropolis & the Parthenon

How the archaeological remains of ancient Athens reveal much about civic life.

The Panathenaia and the Panathenaic way

Transcript -- How the archaeological remains of ancient Athens reveal much about civic life.

Transcript -- The Panathenaia and the Panathenaic way

Transcript -- Exploring the Acropolis in the footsteps of ancient Athenians.

Transcript -- The Acropolis

Exploring the functions of the largest building on the Acropolis

The Parthenon

Transcript -- Exploring the functions of the largest building on the Acropolis

Transcript -- The Parthenon

Looking at the surviving pieces from the Parthenon’s pediments now in the British Museum, and seeing how they would have looked originally.

The Parthenon -pediments and metopes

Transcript -- Looking at the surviving pieces from the Parthenon’s pediments now in the British Museum, and seeing how they would have looked originally.

Transcript -- The Parthenon -pediments and metopes

Education

The Acropolis is one of the most famous ancient sites in the world. Rising over the city of Athens 150 metres above sea level, it consists of several significant archaeological remains of temples dedicated to various deities, and civic buildings. This album offers a chance to tour the Acropolis and examine its many buildings, including its best preserved temple, the Parthenon, along with its friezes, known as the Elgin Marbles. Also, the album follows the route of the procession that took place during the Panathenaea festival which rivalled the Olympic Games in popularity, and contains a track to help the student understand the conventions used to draw up plans of ancient buildings and to visualise 3-dimensional structures. This material forms part of The Open University course A219 Exploring the Classical World.

The Acropolis

The Acropolis and the Parthenon - for iPod/iPhone

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The Acropolis & the Parthenon

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The Panathenaia and the Panathenaic way

Transcript -- The Panathenaia and the Panathenaic way

The Acropolis

Transcript -- The Acropolis

The Parthenon

Transcript -- The Parthenon

The Parthenon -pediments and metopes

Transcript -- The Parthenon -pediments and metopes