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The temple buildings on the Acropolis are often seen as potent symbols of the birth of Western civilization, but what did they mean to the people who built it and the people who used it? Was the Pa...rthenon a monumental form of imperial propaganda or a holy site?
The temple buildings on the Acropolis are often seen as potent symbols of the birth of Western civilization, but what did they mean to the people who built it and the people who used it? Was the Pa...rthenon a monumental form of imperial propaganda or a holy site?
| Module code and title: | A294, Fifth-century Athens: democracy and city state |
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| Item code: | A294; 05 |
| First transmission date: | 04-06-1989 |
| Published: | 1989 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:20 |
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| Producer: | Tony Coe |
| Contributor: | Colin Cunningham |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Acropolis; Archaeology; Architecture; Athens; Parthenon |
| Subject terms: | Acropolis (Athens, Greece); Greece --Antiquities |
| Master spool number: | HOU6175 |
| Production number: | FOUA280P |
| Videofinder number: | 3026 |
| Available to public: | no |
