The Acropolis of Athens Explained with Reconstructions
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- What did the Parthenon look like 2400 years ago? Explore with me the Acropolis of Athens in a way you've never seen before, and understand the architectural character of Ancient Greece.
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Watch my video explaining the city of Athens: • Ancient Athens Explained
The Acropolis Rock: 00:00
Temple of Athena Nike: 0:52
Propylaea: 1:47
Statue of Athena Promachos: 3:29
Erechtheion: 4:03
Caryatids: 7:09
Parthenon: 8:18
What the Parthenon looked like: 10:18
Nashville's Parthenon: 11:19
Optical corrections: 12:12
Sculptures on the Parthenon: 13:46
Inside the Parthenon: 16:22
Golden Ratio: 19:04
Architects of the Acropolis: 19:46
Acropolis layout: 20:57
Legacy of the Parthenon: 21:54
What's your favorite Ancient Greek building?
My favorite building is the Temple of Aphaia on the island of Aigina.
El Altar de Zeus en Pèrgamo
The smaller Parthenon below the hill which is in tact.
@@lilpenny1982 Do you mean the temple to Hephaestus in the Agora? My favorite is the Erechtheion, because of the legend, the different temples and the Caryatids, but the temple to Hephaisteion is small but impressive for its story, it is fading away though… I wish someone will protect it in some way. It gives me that nineteenth century romantic feelings. The temple of Zeus must have been absolutely magnificent. It is a pity things have been stolen, it would be great if they could restore those buildings at least partially. The UK could make perfect marble copies and return the originals to Athens. They have the techniques and the money to do it and people has other reasons to visit the British Museum and London.
Agora, with all sense of freedom
As an inhabitant of Athens myself, I can attest in saying that this is the most detailed and coherent video on the Acropolis as of now. Συγχαρητήρια!
Ok, Greece: Why have there been no significant effort to fully restore this magnificent site? Other cultures celebrate their past history with reconstructions. Greece, Egypt and Rome should do the same.
@@gmg1985 If you want a reconstruction go to Tennessee. It's not a house to renovate.
The Parthenon was erected after the victory over the Persians to honor those who fought for freedom. Its frieze depicts 192 men, they were the men who fell in the battle of Marathon. It is the first monument in the whole world to honor simple, ordinary men. Parthenon is the symbol of democracy.
😢😢😢Как Украине запечатлеть сотни тысяч своих героев, которые погибли от рук росии. А ведь война ещё не закончилась. 😢😢😢
@@user-rx9xq2wk1zWe're focusing on the Parthenon, and not the conflict in Ukraine. Stay on topic.
❤️💚🤍i love you
I visited the Acropolis twice in my lifetime. In each instance, I was overwhelmed. My first visit was in 1974 and was of a short duration. Happily, I spent six months in Athens in 1976 and walked up those steps and around those buildings many dozens of times. At nights, I would sit in the Plaka with a glass of retsina or ouzo and look at the lighted Parthenon. Athens is magic. I easily felt at home there, as if, in centuries past, it had been my home.
Thanks for that memory. I have the same feeling at Versailles, which is the last thing I expected.
Didn't they diddle kids back then?
@@stellviahohenheimdo you spend much of your time thinking about such activities? Maybe you need help.
Greece seems alot different now in every way. How long did Ottoman’s control their country?
Went there for my 30th birthday and as you said, it feels like I have been there before, in a previous life.
whoever designed this was a genius of proportion.
It makes you think our ancestors were more technically advanced than us in many ways....you'd never see something like this built today.
@@iam1smiley1 It's amazing what people can do without TV.
@@paulHx415Or computors.
Amazing the Greeks understood how to achieve these structures.
To those supporting the British Museum idea of holding the Parthenon Sculptures in England:
1. By the time (1800) the English lord stole the marbles, the place (modern Greece), was occupied by Islamists.
2. The Lord came.with one and only intention to get the marbles and sell them afterwards for profit.
3. He got permission from the islamic Sultan of Constantinople who didn't care less.
4. From 500 BC to 1800 AD (2300 years) the Temple was intact in most of it's parts.
5. At least the decorations was there, an no-one had the devilish idea to remove them.
6. Parthenon was converted to a Christian church. No priest thought of removing the marbles.
7. Parthenon was converted to an islamic mosque. No imam cared if the marbles stood above.
8. The English thive came and saw the marbles off. Yes he used iron saws to cutt them of and down.
9. Some parts was feld down during the process and broke.
10. Three ships carried them to London, in a most dramatic voyage.
11. The enslaved Greeks of Athens, while in a small number, wiped tears for the unwilling theft.
12. The English Lord held the marbles for years at his residence, trying to auction them to nobles and kings throughout the World.
13. Initially the British Museum didn't want them, as the selling price was too high for them.
14. After the possession of the marbles (after 50 years of coming to England), in the reing of Queen Victoria, the museum tried to clean them with citric (lemon) acid (!!!!!!!!!) and make them white again, witch caused bigger damage after the centuries and the cutting.
15. In 21st century, the roof of the Hall of the Parthenon Galleries was dropping rain water directly on to the marbles (!!!).
16. In the summer of 2023 A.D. a huge scandal surfed on British Museum, that the curator of greek antiquities was leaving his day job every day, with small antiquities in his briefcase, selling them on Ebay afterwards.
17. There is no information if the curator and the English Lord of the beginning are related by blod.
18. The Director of Governors of the Museum was resigned after the issue came in public, and he failed to cover it up.
19. The New Acropolis Museum in Athens is built in right proportions and orientation to host back and protect the stolen Greek treasures.
20. We, the People of Greece will spare no effort, publication, demand, and negotiations for our goal to be successful one day, if not in ours generation, to the generation of our children at least.
Ζήτω η Ελλάς - Long live Greece 🇬🇷
Thanks for reading me.
I am for the return of the marbles to Athens, but you are the worst defendant of this cause. Your racism against Muslims is ridiculous. You say not a word about the "sweet" christians Venetians who did not care bombing the temple. The Parthenon was victim of History, greed and politic. Religion has nothing to do with it.
@heliedecastanet1882 oh I forgot. I care less if someone of my own race, (I suppose you are also Caucasian like me, not an Asian or African), calls me racist. It's like a man calling a man, man, or a woman calling a woman, woman. Islam is not a race, so raising the racist card, on a religious subject, it's a well known tactict, not to be appropriate on the subject. A white muslim cannot call a white Christian, racist, simple for expressing his freedom of expression, speach, and ideas. It's a fascist behavior, demonstrating the mentality of Islam, suppressing any different opinion, towards global dominion.
So.who is the worst advocate here, you calling me racist, because this is the argument they gave you to call all that are not same like you, with a bad term, and deliberately insult them, or me presenting Histocal facts in a well balanced comment ?
I say shame on you. We don't need any support from hypocrites. Go your way.
The Parthenon Gallery at the Acropolis Museum already have replicas of the Elgin Marbles on display. Their exhibition combines the original marble sculptures with plaster copies of those retained in the British Museum or other foreign museums. The plaster casts were made in 1802 by Elgin. Dr. Emma Payne, a Classics department fellow at King’s College, analyzed the casts and found that they "preserved details lost from the in situ originals over the past two centuries. Elgin’s plaster casts are a time capsule of how the sculptures appeared in 1802, whereas the originals remained outdoors, suffering some damage [including from Athens city air pollution] until they were transferred to the Acropolis Museum in 1993", only 30 years ago.
The British Museum has an international collection open to a wider audience and at one site. There were only 1.4 million visitors to the Acropolis Museum June 2016 to May 2017 (not including visitors to the Acropolis itself). In 2019 there were over 6 million to the British Museum, about a half from abroad.
@@andrewwilliams3137 Let the BM take the wonderful copies, and send the original back to Greece, then 🙂
You can mention the air pollution of Athens ; you can also mention Lord Duveen 🙂
Your greek accent is excellent
ευχαριστώ πολύ
I live in Nashville and we have classical concerts at the Parthenon many times a year!
I had the pleasure of going to the Acropolis a few years back. Although it was a rainy and gloomy day, nothing could defeat my excitement and admiration of this amazing site and its beautiful buildings. Even in ruin their beauty shines through from the past to today. Just a breathtaking location. Videos do it absolutely no justice. Great video, thank you for sharing.
As an Architecture student, I appreciate the way you explain things and perfectly present them with depth and understanding. Love your videos so so much. May you prosper and continue to do these amazing documentaries.
I love Greece
It seems to me that all these ancient sites should be completely restored. I have passed through Nashville and I could not determine where the Parthenon Replica is. Thanks for showing it here.
Honestly, same. I realize this be a unpopular opinion, but I think those ancient sites would be much more beautiful as fully restored pieces of architecture rather than glorified ruins, as they are now.
I learned about Nashville’s Parthenon when I first visited in 1995. It’s still favorite sight in the city.
The part where the video shows the olive tree and explains its history, brought goosebumps all over my body 😯
Acropolis in Athens is amazing!!! Definetly worth visiting. There is not that many buildings on that level of good architecture and felt out proportion... its realy unique realy!
Bravo young man! Well done...I used this documentary to guide my visit to the Acropolis this week. Immensely helpful.
I'm glad it was useful!
Best vídeo on the Acrópolis!
Great presentation. I visited the acropolis when i was 16 and i got very little out of it, a major disappointment, just remember i was sunburn and made the visit quick to avoid the sun. Now i am much older i i can appreciate more about it.
I admire the amount of work which is behind all of your videos. That effort makes them the best. Bravo, Manuel! 👏🙂
Marvelous vid greek architecture is fascinating, greetings from Mexico!
Very good job Manuel
Greetings from Athens!
Magnificent Manuel! I didn’t know the existence of the duplicate Parthenon in Nashville Tennessee. Thanks for sharing!!!
My thumbs-up for this video, is not for the quality of the presentation, the voyages you've made both in Athens, and Nashville, for an understandable comparison, not for the mention of every small unnoticed detail, etc. but for your pronunciation. Πρόμαχος striked me. Ευχαριστούμε πολύ. 🇬🇷
Tι να σου πω; Μου αρέσει να μιλάω σωστά ελληνικά
@@ManuelBravo Άξιος φίλε μου ! Χίλιες φορές Άξιος !
With your videos of the treasures of the past, you make history come alive again, you can almost touch it, feel it, be part of it.
I wish I had watched this before I went to Athens so I could understand the Parthenon in person a little bit more. Fantastic video! 👏🏻
It is good you didn't which let you have another kind of first impression. Now you can revisit it with more knowledge to get another second impression. This temple is so great you can visit it a few times.
The power of Athenian actual democracy - it's still unreached and unsurpassed.
Mehh only men of a certain age from the city of athens could vote (only 10 to 20% of the population). Even if it was direct you still had strategos like Perikles who held huge influence. Picking 500 people at random is a good option for a small scale democracy, but we can do much better with our improved communicaties tech. Now everyone can participate in goverment. Ofcourse athens did some things better, but they did a lot of things worse.
@@thatnukethatdestroyedmegat9654Today we have zero public power living in "representative" oligarchies. The closest thing to Athens were the socialist/communist council republics.
Re: Octastyle vs Hexastyle.
I was taught in art history that Greek temples had six columns at the entrance because six was the number of objects a human could recognize in a glance. Any more, and a human would have to count them. Gods, on the other hand, could perceive larger quantities at a glance, so the Parthenon, a temple of a God, exhibited this by having eight columns.
In the early 2000's the theater next to it had no security, some Athens friend used to jump the fence with some beers and play music in the theater at night :-) also the rock under the entrance is a awesome chill-out place ...
Excellent video ! The Athenian acropolis must have been magnificent in it's prime . The amount of thought and planning that went into the buildings is mind boggling . We can not forget the amount of physical work that created these masterpieces
Gov Ron Desantis won't allow you to discuss slaves doing the physical work.
Are you ok bro???
Really? Leftist trolls on THIS CHANNEL?! I'd never have thought they were intelligent enough to be interested.
@@geothermalAxegrinder has entered the chat.
It's magnificent now !
An amazing structure that cannot be fully appreciated except in person. I would also highly recommend a visit to the Acropolis Museum at the base of the hill where thousands of artifacts are on display.
Only one word: EXCELLENT.
Hundreds of videos on the Acropolis. This is the best by far. Two words: Thank You.
I and my wife were at the Acropolis in May 2023. I'm fortunate to visit Parthenon and its adjoining buildings
Brilliant analysis, Manuel Bravo. You are among the finest teachers in the world!
What a great video
Always love seeing a new video from you! It's always exciting, and I always learn something new :)
Very useful--- I have climbed up there twice in the hoards of tourists, also been to Nashville, where it is considerably less crowded.
Amazing video as an Athenian tbh I learned stuff I didn't know and your presantation was amazing! Really hope you do a vid about Athens and one about Ancient Olympia.
Ευχαριστούμε για το όμορφο βίντεο 🇬🇷😊
Muchas gracias Manuel, estaré pendiente del estreno 😊
As a Greek I can positively say that this is the best rendition of the architectural marvel of the Acropololis that I have come across! Congratulations Mr Bravo!!! Bravo indeed!!!
I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that an accurate reproduction of the Parthenon exists in Nashville, Tennessee - didn't know that.
Excellent video Mr Bravo, thank you!
My first time in Athens was February 1979 - terrible traffic but no scaffolding then on the temple and the original Caryatids and remaining sculptures were in place , all thankfully now protected in the museums, plus a few friendly cats and the site was uncrowded - I was fortunate to have a professional guide who was wonderful - and your video explains the site exceptionally well! Have since returned to Athens at least 5 or 6 times and every time it’s as magical as the first. My spiritual home and can’t wait to return later this year and hopefully many more times in the future. Also your Delphi video was fantastic - it’s an amazing place too and not to be missed. Thank you so much!
The statue of Athena Promachos transferred to Constantinople around A.D. 395 and was placed in front the Parliament House.
It was destroyed by the crusaders of the Fourth Crusade.1204 A.D.
Manuel, I am overwhelmed with respect and awe by the reverence, cultural and philosophical background of the architects and planners, mathematical knowledge, and execution of the Acropolis. Through your thoroughly realized video arising from great research, photography, and tastefully and precisely utilized CGI, I am sitting in stunned amazement not only of this astounding and beautiful Greek accomplishment and window into Athens of 2400 years ago but in the learning of the previously unknown to me existence of a detailed replica of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee. Mind blown! I simultaneously felt a simmering anger upon learning of how the so-called Elgin marbles of the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena, and the Propylaia sit in the British Museum having been looted "removed" in 1801-1812 by Thomas Bruce and shipped to England. I cannot comprehend how this holding by the British Museum can continue to be accepted as legitimate and legal by any governing body today. Congratulations on the execution of this concise, inspiring, educational, and beautifully executed video.
They were not ‘looted’. Do some research!
The Elgin Marbles were bought by the Brits from the Turks who had conquered Greece at that time.
The Turks later filled the temple with ammo, figuring the Greeks would never blow it.
They did. The Greeks fired mortars at the temple, and the ammo eexploded.
If the Elgin marbles had not been removed, they would have been destroyed then.
Although I agree, it's time and past time for the Brits to send them home.
Retired librarian
Oh, thank you, Britain, for coming to the rescue and then keeping the rescued gems as your own for eternity. Yes, they belong in your museum and not on the structure that they were originally with and on. No, that's not looting, any more than the legitimate purchase of Manhattan was not.
Elgin shipped the Marbles to the UK 1802-1812 over a 10 year period. Difficult to believe that the local and central Ottoman government didn't know about it. There were no complaints raised at the time or in 1816 when they were sold to the British Museum. The Elgin Marbles were acquired by consent of the Ottoman authorities. By 1816 Athens had been part of the Ottoman Empire for 358 years ever since 1458, so many would say that they were the legitimate government at the time.
"His actions were thoroughly investigated by a Parliamentary Select Committee in 1816 and found to be entirely legal, prior to the sculptures entering the collection of the British Museum by Act of Parliament," source: British Museum.
@@veramae4098 The British Museum has an international collection. There were only 1.4 million visitors to the Acropolis Museum June 2016 to May 2017 (not including visitors to the Acropolis itself). In 2019 there were over 6 million to the British Museum, about a half from abroad
I wish there were more reproductions of these beautiful buildings. I'd love to visit both. I've been round most of Rome. But as for Greece the only ruins I've seen were on Kefalonia. The temples in southern Italy are still in ok condition and beautiful to see. Superb video. Thank you
Very nice!!! I will see more about Athens in your channel! Thank you!
I couldn't find the video about Athens that you recommended in this video....
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This would have been so useful in 1985- 86, in my final year at secondary school, when I did a "Crash" Higher Grade in Ancient Greek. After years of Latin, Green architecture and drama was an overwhelmingly refreshing experience. My teacher managed to get a grant for my father and I to travel from Glasgow to London to visit the (stolen) marbles at the British Museum. Nearest I came to actual real life Greek ruins, along with a Classics trip to the Bay of Naples in summer 1986, when we visited Pompeii, Herculaneum, Capri and the temples at Paestum. Thanks for the memories!
Excellent video! Cool that Nashville made a replica; makes it easier to visualise how it used to be.
As an Athenian citizen I should congratulate you Manuel for this precise, thorough, well studied but also spectacular presentation ! "Bravo" Manuel !
Very excellent. Thank you sincerely. Interesting how again the idea of procession is integral to the plan of the site, much like the plan in Thebes with those pylons.
All my life I've been so drawn to Greek architecture and history my grandparents would often take me to the Paul Getty museum and I would take rolls of pictures I loved the statues we would also visit Hearst castle I found your channel and I've been watching your videos there wonderful I feel like I'm missing home have always felt that way about Greece thank you thoroughly enjoying your work
Yay excited!!
Great video, someday I will visit but first I like learning all those little details about the architecture. 😊
A visited The Parthenon in Nashville by accident, Didn't know was there!!!. Like most Americans don't. Also had the privilege to go to Athenas, Greece. Not until you are there to see the magnitude of the Parthenon in the full splendor. Visibul for anywhere in that city. Fantastic video Thank a million .
No me canso de escribirte que tus videos son ESPECTACULARES! Bellos, llenos de datos e imágenes maravillosas. Tu trabajo es impresioante. Muchísimas gracias por compartirlo.
Tengo que decirlo, Gran Bretaña DEBE devolver los tesoros que pertenecen a culturas de los países por donde ha pasado robándose lo posible y más.
I never tire of seeing you.....a truly classically handsome man.....I've seen both buildings in Athens and Nashville.....
❤
In Greek it is η Αθήνα / i Athína the city and η Αθηνά / i Athiná the person, with at times the definite article (the - η). In Greek every word longer than one syllable seperated by a consonant will have a vowel marked which denotes inflection on that vowel with the voice (like we now say bálcony in EN), so this is why the twain are said out differently (and Greeks *will* correct you when you say a word without the required inflection or inflect it on the wrong vowel. They are helpmeets like this). There is also οι Αθήναι / oi Athínai which is a plural. When I asked my Greek φιλολόγιος / philológios - Greek language master, once he told me this particular name is plural, if this is why we call it "Athens" in English he enigmatically answered "maybe...".😋 🧿
Another amazing video. I always learn something surprising to me from your videos. Thank You!
This channel deserves more love
Excelente video Manuel! Estuve en ese lugar en Abril 2023 y con tus explicaciones pude revivir y entender con mayor información ese increible monumento. Gracias por tu trabajo! 💯👋👋👋
Enjoy watching and learning from your channel…the visual, the graphic, the sound are great.
Excellent video, thanks for paying tribute to our ancient history! A small addition to the narration, the Caryatides were the most beautiful women of the time, that’s why their look was chosen for the Erechthion.
I've visited the Acropolis a few times, but never had the chance to fully understand what I was seeing. After watching this video, I'm inspired to visit again! It would be fantastic if you could create a self-guided tour based on this content. Many people walk around without understanding its significance, so this would be incredibly useful for them.
Inspiring, enlightening and enjoyable [as always, actually] Thank you so much Manuel
Great video. And especially thank you for not using the crime against human ears known as erasmian pronunciation.
Your command of the English language enabled you to hit the nuances necessary to explain all the subtle points of the architecture, symbology, and significance. That was outstanding. Thank you. Keep up this work!
I love your videos! The visuals are great and the explanations are detailed and informative.
Deseando que se estrene. ¡¡Me encantan tus vídeos!! 😊
Manuel Bravo provides an excellent explanation and understanding of the Acropolis of Athens. The pictures are extremely helpful in understanding this extraordinary grouping of structures, and his commentary is very clear.
🏛 Congratulations Manuel, your presentation is truly valuable and helps the imagination of the viewer to capture the absolute masterpiece of the Greek antiquity. It's brilliant. Thanks a lot.
Love the way you start your videos. Right to the story. Great filmmaking.
I have studied the Acropolis quite a lot but your video had the most thorough and clear explanation of what, how and why of any that I have seen. I especially appreciated your illustrations of what it originally looked like. Thank you for all your hard work. I am a new subscriber.
Your videos change my mood, my day and over time, my life. Thanks!
Great job dude. as modern Athenian myself u made me almost cry. We have nothing alike those great ancestors only to admire the remains of this legendary land that happened to be born.. With your passion you are more true Athenian than ourselves.
I want to visit Nashville one day. 😊
Pls make more videos about the classic era! You should visit Pella also in the North!
Great video! I especially appreciated you mentioning the Parthenon in Nashville. Fascinating!
Bravo! Signor Bravo! Wonderful vid. I've been to the actual Parthenon many times. You always find something new to be awe struck by. You are so right in recommending a trip to Nashville to see the reconstruction. I spent a day there. Wandering the colonnade portico alone in the moonlight was a bellissima experience. Grazie.
Waiting for your Athens video. Big credit for going to the Nashville replica! IMHO, its the only thing to see there...
Hope you cover more of the Acropolis Museum. Exhibiting the back view of the caryatids was a genius idea, also so many amazing treasures.
Thank you, Manuel, for honoring the monuments of our home city. Your explanations and details are amazing.
Greeks didn't made this monument for Greeks, but for the world. It is as world's heritage, and must being seen this way.
Every aspect of the monument is perfect, and this is why perfection is something every one of us, every person and nation can follow, and overcome.
The thinking was for the later generations to make better Parthenons, in the world, but also in their individual lives.
I wish you personally all the best.
I stumbled upon this because of the algorithm and I was very pleased. It's a great video, shot and edited very well, and the content itself was very informative in an engaging way. I'm going to watch the rest of the channel's videos now 🙂
This might be a hot take, but I think it should be entirely restored, since it was only relatively recent that it was destroyed.
First video of yours I've watched, absolutely incredible! Time to binge watch all of your other work now
Great video. I will be revisiting Athens next month and take a better appreciation of the Acropolis because of your video. Thanks again! Great work!
I am so happy to watch your videos.😊 So much research and information. Brilliant work, Manuel.
To make a pun on his name. Bravo, a masterly explanation with graphics. I've been to the site but showing the replica in Tennessee was a master stroke. It really brought the original to life.
Another marvelous video. I'd always wondered why the lack of straight focal lines: thank you so much for showing why! It's awesome to learn something new about something you thought you knew everything about: I'll be looking at Greek and Hellenistic precincts in a very different way now... and with a lot more interest and understanding!
Bravo Manuel Bravo!
Phenomenal! Thank you for your time and effort
I always enjoy your thorough and engaging expositions. Thank you for your good work!
Excellent . this is the first time I have truly understood the layout and meaning of the Arcopolis . Number one on my must see list is the reconstruction in Nashville An absolutely superb video . thank you
Delphi !
Thank you, now I want too see the replica Parthenon in Tennessee. My favorite vewing was during the full moon when it is easier to imagine the missing parts.
Amazing Content!
Gracias por mostrarnos éstas maravillas a través de tus vídeos. Felicidades
Great job, you always are the best at explaining architecture
Ps: can you do a video on the vittoriano in Rome?
Watching this because i just visited this beauty this Monday. Thank you for the upload
Enjoyed this very much. Can't wait to see the next one!
Great walk-through and discussion - thank you!
Excellent presentation!
I've been to the Nashville Parthenon. Spectacular.
Amazing work! It is very are to spot content of such high quality. Keep up the good work, I'm excited for what is yet to come!
Manuel, I love your videos.: such wonderful journeys of time, culture, and beauty.
Such a great video explaining the Acropolis!
It’s a magical part of Athens.
Where can I dine your video on Athens explained?
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