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The Acropolis and the Parthenon - for iPad/Mac/PC
Hosted by The Open University · EN
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.
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The Acropolis & the Parthenon
Oct 7, 200900:01:01Tap to summarizeAn introduction to this album’s contents.
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Oct 7, 2009Tap to summarizeTranscript -- An introduction to this album’s contents.
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Oct 7, 200900:03:11Tap to summarizeHow the archaeological remains of ancient Athens reveal much about civic life.
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Oct 7, 2009Tap to summarizeTranscript -- How the archaeological remains of ancient Athens reveal much about civic life.
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Oct 7, 200900:06:09Tap to summarizeExploring the Acropolis in the footsteps of ancient Athenians.
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Oct 7, 200900:03:29Tap to summarizeExploring the functions of the largest building on the Acropolis
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Oct 7, 2009Tap to summarizeTranscript -- Exploring the functions of the largest building on the Acropolis
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Oct 7, 200900:02:28Tap to summarizeLooking at the surviving pieces from the Parthenon’s pediments now in the British Museum, and seeing how they would have looked originally.
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Oct 7, 2009Tap to summarizeTranscript -- Looking at the surviving pieces from the Parthenon’s pediments now in the British Museum, and seeing how they would have looked originally.
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