Which of these facts are true?
The Parthenon was first a Greek temple, then a church, and then a mosque
It honored the goddess Athena, who popped full grown from her father’s head
A famous writer described this beautiful building as a poem in stone
Discover the ruins of the Parthenon, one of the most famous and beautiful places in the world!
Athens,
Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple
completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people
don’t know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred
years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the
1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired
hundreds of cannon balls at the Acropolis, one directly hit the
Parthenon. Much of the sculpture was destroyed, three hundred people
died, and the site fell into ruin. Today, visitors continue to flock to
this world famous landmark, which has become a symbol for Ancient
Greece, democracy, and modern civilization. Includes black-and-white
illustrations and a foldout color map!