Published by The Open University
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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1 min
An introduction to this album’s contents.
Transcript -- An introduction to this album’s contents.
3 min
How the archaeological remains of ancient Athens reveal much about civic life.
Transcript -- How the archaeological remains of ancient Athens reveal much about civic life.
6 min
Exploring the Acropolis in the footsteps of ancient Athenians.
Transcript -- Exploring the Acropolis in the footsteps of ancient Athenians.
3 min
Exploring the functions of the largest building on the Acropolis
Transcript -- Exploring the functions of the largest building on the Acropolis
2 min
Looking at the surviving pieces from the Parthenon’s pediments now in the British Museum, and seeing how they would have looked originally.
Transcript -- Looking at the surviving pieces from the Parthenon’s pediments now in the British Museum, and seeing how they would have looked originally.
5 min
A chance to see one of the most famous remains of ancient Greece, in the British Museum.
Transcript -- A chance to see one of the most famous remains of ancient Greece, in the British Museum.
5 min
Introducing vital skills for understanding a drawing of a temple plan.
Transcript -- Introducing vital skills for understanding a drawing of a temple plan.
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