the acropolis restored after the persians sacked and burned it
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THE ACROPOLIS RESTORED AFTER THE PERSIANS SACKED AND BURNED IT
THE NEW PARTHENON WITH THE BRIGHTLY PAINTED PEDIMENTS WHOSE COLORS FADED OVER TIME
THE FORTY FOOT HIGH STATUE OF ATHENA, PAINTED AND PLATED IN GOLD, THE VIRGIN
GODDESS OF WISDOM AND WAR
TEMPLE OF ERECHTHEUS, WITH THE SACRED OLIVE OF ATHENA, WHOSE BURNT STUMP SENT FORTH NEW SHOOTS AFTER THE PERSIANS DEPARTED
GREECE AND ASIA MINORABOUT THE TIME OF ALEXANDER
A MODERN MAP OF THE AREA. MACEDONIA IS CLOSER TO ALBANIA AND BULGARIA THAN TO THE
CITIES OF MAINLAND GREECE
ALEXANDER IN MACEDONIA
KING PHILIP THE GREAT OF MACEDONIAFATHER OF ALEXANDER
OLYMPIAS MOTHER OF ALEXANDER