Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens' patron goddess. Little is known about this ...

Located in Centennial Park about 2 miles west of Music Row, the Parthenon is open every day, though hours can vary by the week and the season. Check its website before you visit for current hours.

This cross section shows how the Parthenon would have looked in antiquity identifies where the friezes (1), metopes (2), and pediments (3) seen in the following photos would have been located.

After conservative UK leaders refused to send Parthenon fragments home to Greece, a new government has ushered 'constructive' negotiations over a return. https://p.dw ...

Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, and a few years later put them on public show in London. For most western Europeans it was the ...

The 2,500-year-old Parthenon is among the most recognizable embodiments of Greece's golden age, hailed worldwide as a symbol of wealth, culture, and intellect. The marble building was centrally ...