One advantage of finishing this Blog at home is access to Wikipedia although you may not agree? If you want to learn more about the Acropolis then visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens
So what does the word Acropolis mean? Acropolis comes from the Greek word akros meaning edge or extremity and polis, meaning city. It is usually a settlement, or more usually a citadel, built upon a hill with precipitous sides for purposes of defence.
While there is evidence that the hill upon which the Acropolis in Athens stands was inhabited as far back as the fourth millennium BC, it was Pericles (c. 495 – 429 BC) – a prominent statesman and orator - in the fifth century BC who oversaw the construction of the site's most important buildings including the Parthenon, the Propylaia (Gateway, the Erechtheion (Temple), and the temple of Athena Nike.
As for Ephesus it is difficult to portray how these various buildings looked originally but again for some help you can refer to Wikipedia if you are so minded but I can at least explain the purpose and point out some of the details.
The first building that you come to on the south slopes of the Acropolis hill is the Odeon of Herodes of Atticus. It is a stone theatre structure built in 161 AD by the Athenian magnate Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife. It was originally a steep-sloped amphitheatre with a three-storey stone front wall and a wooden roof made of expensive, cedar of Lebanon timber. It is still used as a venue for music concerts and has a capacity of 5,000.
The photo is taken from the top of the Acropolis Hill and you can clearly see the remains of the three-storey façade.
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