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Athenian Acropolis image - Coggle Diagram

- - - - could be basket bearers
        
        shows womens involvement in religion
    - - Most sacred part of the acropolis
        
        Emphasises importance of religion
      - Housed king kekrops grave
      - dedicated to erchteios
      - Site that Athena and Poseidon battled for patronage
    - - Architects had to accomodat for altars for all deities and heros
    - - believed to have been a gift from athena, showing the recoprocal nature of the gods
- - - - the battle between poseidon and athena for patronage of athens
        
        Shows importance of athena and her strength and superiority
    - - Depicts the birth of Athena
        
        Reminds Athenians of the importance of Athena
    - - Depict the centauromachy, the gigantomachy, the amazonomachy and the trojan war
        
        This symbolises the victory of civilisation over barbarity
        
        shows the civic function of the parthenon
    - - Depicts Panathenaic procession
        
        Shows importance of panathenaia, and importance of festivals
    - - Suggests it wasnt just a religious sanctuary
    - - made entirely of marble, showing how important athens held athena
      - The largest temple in Greece, showing athens dedication to athena
      - held money and functioned as a bank at times, showing less religious element
    - - Entirely gold and ivory, showing importance, as this would cost a lot
        
        gold was removeable, suggesting it had a practical function
        
        Very very large
        
        Shield depicts amazonomachy, showing civ vs barbarity