THE ACROPOLIS RESTORED AFTER THE PERSIANS SACKED AND BURNED IT

THE NEW PARTHENON WITH THE BRIGHTLY PAINTED PEDIMENTS WHOSE COLORS FADED OVER TIME

THE FORTY FOOT HIGH STATUE OF ATHENA, PAINTED AND PLATED IN GOLD, THE VIRGIN

GODDESS OF WISDOM AND WAR

TEMPLE OF ERECHTHEUS, WITH THE SACRED OLIVE OF ATHENA, WHOSE BURNT STUMP SENT FORTH NEW SHOOTS AFTER THE PERSIANS DEPARTED

GREECE AND ASIA MINORABOUT THE TIME OF ALEXANDER

A MODERN MAP OF THE AREA. MACEDONIA IS CLOSER TO ALBANIA AND BULGARIA THAN TO THE

CITIES OF MAINLAND GREECE

ALEXANDER IN MACEDONIA

KING PHILIP THE GREAT OF MACEDONIAFATHER OF ALEXANDER

OLYMPIAS MOTHER OF ALEXANDER