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1 THE ACROPOLIS RESTORED AFTER THE PERSIANS SACKED AND BURNED IT

2 THE NEW PARTHENON WITH THE BRIGHTLY PAINTED PEDIMENTS WHOSE COLORS FADED OVER TIME

3 THE FORTY FOOT HIGH STATUE OF ATHENA, PAINTED AND PLATED IN GOLD, THE VIRGIN GODDESS OF WISDOM AND WAR

4 TEMPLE OF ERECHTHEUS, WITH THE SACRED OLIVE OF ATHENA, WHOSE BURNT STUMP SENT FORTH NEW SHOOTS AFTER THE PERSIANS DEPARTED

5 GREECE AND ASIA MINOR ABOUT THE TIME OF ALEXANDER

6 A MODERN MAP OF THE AREA. MACEDONIA IS CLOSER TO ALBANIA AND BULGARIA THAN TO THE CITIES OF MAINLAND GREECE

7 ALEXANDER IN MACEDONIA

8 KING PHILIP THE GREAT OF MACEDONIA FATHER OF ALEXANDER

9 OLYMPIAS MOTHER OF ALEXANDER


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