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Art Bites 102: Athens’ Acropolis and the Greek Golden Age

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Around 500 BC, Athens thrived with its stately Acropolis temples, busy market (or agora), and civilization that provided a foundation for European culture that followed. Its surviving art and architecture tell the story.

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