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This temple dedicated to a warrior goddess became the architectural symbol of ancient Athens and still crowns its rocky hilltop citadel today.
- Parthenon
- Erechtheion
- Temple of Hephaestus
- Temple of Zeus
This Athenian statesman guided the city through its golden age and commissioned the great building program on the sacred hilltop between 461-429 BCE.
- Solon
- Pericles
- Cleisthenes
- Themistocles
This Greek word for "high city" names the fortified hilltop where ancient Athens built its most sacred temples and treasuries.
- Agora
- Pnyx
- Acropolis
- Kerameikos
This 508 BCE reformer reorganized Athenian tribes and created the Council of Five Hundred, earning the title "Father of Democracy."
- Cleisthenes
- Draco
- Solon
- Pericles
This open marketplace served as the heart of ancient Athens where citizens bought goods, argued philosophy, and conducted political business.
- Pnyx
- Ceramicus
- Lyceum
- Agora
This goddess of wisdom and warfare served as divine protector of ancient Athens, with her owl symbol appearing on the city's silver coins.
- Artemis
- Athena
- Hera
- Demeter
This system where citizens directly vote on laws and policies emerged in ancient Athens around 508 BCE, giving ordinary men political power.
- Oligarchy
- Monarchy
- Democracy
- Tyranny
This philosopher who taught in Athens' marketplace was sentenced to death for corrupting youth and impiety, famously drinking hemlock.
- Socrates
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Diogenes
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