(The word parthenon in its Greek form means "of the virgins.") A similar cult of girls lived at the temple of Athena Polias, "Athena of the City." The Parthenon remained a temple for a millennium ...

The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.

Pericles called Athens "the school of Hellas," an education unto Greece, and the Parthenon was intended to be the main text in the curriculum. Q: How did the temple relate to the rest of the ...

Nashville's Parthenon, a stunning replica of Greece's iconic monument, embodies cultural connection between the US and Greece in Tennessee.

The remaining five caryatids, which supported the portico of the temple ... successive Greek governments have petitioned for the return of the Parthenon marbles. During her service as the Greek ...

A lawyer by trade, Tassoulas is also a member of the governing center-right New Democracy party and served as culture ...

Greece has undertaken the painstaking work of conserving and restoring the Parthenon. Of course, the vicissitudes of history have left their irrevocable mark. The temple won’t literally be put ...