Where is the Parthenon?
By: by Roberta Edwards ; illustrated by John Hinderliter
Contributors: Hinderliter, John, ill
Series: Where is ...?; Where is (Grosset & Dunlap)
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780448488899; 9781484469453
Subjects: Buildings, structures; Parthenon (Athens, Greece); Juvenile literature; Antiquities
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 108).

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