Where is the Parthenon?

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Title
"Where is the Parthenon?"
Statement of Responsibility
by Roberta Edwards ; illustrated by John Hinderliter
Publisher
  • Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Publication Year
  • c2016
Book size
20 cm
Series Name / No
  • : [pbk.]

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Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 108)

Summary: "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"--Provided by publisher

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