The mystery of the Parthenon’s lighting system, and how ancient Greeks illuminated the statue of Athena, is finally solved in ...

And it was thus as much a temple ... Athena herself. Because it played such a crucial role in the Athenians' construction of themselves, it remains one of the principal legacies of Greek ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

Devastated by the invasion of Greece, approximately 100 Greek ... Parthenon's 40-foot-high, gold-and-ivory statue of Athena, essentially confirm the building's original function as a temple.

A Greek coin showing Pegasus and the goddess, Athena. The Greeks thought the gods lived high above Mount Olympus ... The most famous temple in Greece was the Parthenon in Athens.