... period (Hurwit). These buildings in honor of the gods they worshiped were all carefully crafted and constructed in the hopes of beautifying the sacred rock of the Acropolis, also know as the "holy rock". The history of this area and its buildings are ever so deep, spanning ... conceived when the Acropolis was considered a "holy" citadel raised above the city below rather than a fortress for defense. This monumental entranceway to the sacred rock was called the Propylaia. A small temple near the entranceway was erected for Nike Athena, Goddess of Victory; a temple that had already been ...

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... the tradition of local Bronze Age house and palaces. The following paper will cover the basic forms of Greek architecture. One of the many types of Greek building structures was Sacred Architecture. The Greeks conceived of their gods in human form, as anthropomorphic representations of the forces and elements of the natural world. These gods and goddesses were worshiped with sacrifices ... , which originated around 400 BCE brought rise to a whole new type of building technique and style. In the archaic temples, stone gradually started to replace wood, and some of the structural details o...

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... rewards for themselves and for their city or state. The biggest difference between the ancient and modern games is that the ancient games originally flourished in the context of a highly sacred religious festival. Olympia, a religious center devoted to Zeus, over time became the most important site for the ancient games. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the statue ... ) race and upright wrestling. Running and wrestling were also separate events but long jumping, the discus and the javelin were unique to the Pentathlon. The discus was originally made of stone and then later ...

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