Tattnall (DDG 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Parthenon. Athens, the capital of Greece, is situated at the southern end of the Plain of Attica. The city is admirably situated. Ringed by a semi-circle ot protective mountains, it opens into the Saronic Gulf, with its excellent harbor of Piraeus and its strategic position on the main trade routes. The modern city, like the ancient, is built around the Acropolis. Athens, according to Mythology, was founded many milleniums ago by a Phoenician named Cecrops. Old legends give Theseus credit tor uniting all the surrounding small city-states into one state with the name of Athens, in honor of its patroness, the goddess, Athena. In the sixth century B.C., Pisistratus raised the city's status to a major international city., Athens firmly established her independence from the Persians at the battles of Marathon and Salomis l49O-480 B.C.l. Under Pericles, the Parthenon and other buildings of the Acropolis were constructed. In the second century B.C., Athens fell under Roman domination., Public buildings fell, into disrepair and decay around the fourth century A.D. For tour centuries, after 1455, she was under Turkish subjugation., In 1833, when Greece gained her independence from Turkey, Athens was set up as the capital. A reconstruction ofthe E pediment ofthe Parthenon ' 1 0 0 ' - - -- - 4-'-0 - -b f .. .. -..,.1. .,.....,............'.x..-.-.,...,,LN ,.-,..w...r.,......,..,.....,...,,..,.,..,k -...,-... ....e,.,,.. ...,. ,..-,-.. -...,. F-, ... .....,. . .... ... . .. :...,...,-,..... . ,,

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