The Great Awakening

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“THE GREAT AWAKENING”
The Video was mainly focused on the popular “Parthenon” in Greece, which means the "temple of the virgin goddess" and refers to the cult of Athena Parthenon that was associatedwith the temple.
It is an Ancient Greek temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, devoted to the Greek goddess “Athena” who was considered a Patron for all the Athens.
The Parthenon is the mostsignificant surviving building of the Classical Greece decorated whit Doric and Ionic order. It is also a symbol of Ancient Greece, Athenian democracy and one of the world's greatest culturalmonuments.
A program is currently carrying out a program of selective restoration and reconstruction to ensure the stability of the partially ruined structure of the Parthenon.
The Parthenon itself replacedan older temple of Athena, which people call the Pre-Parthenon, which was destroyed on 480 BC by the Persian invasion.
In the mid-5th century BC Athens was the greatest cultural centre of its time.Pericles, a prominent and influential statesman orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age, initiated an ambitious building project that lasted the entire second half of the century.By seeing all the Parthenon, a lot of art was showed and also the use of different instruments (music). The construction of it was very symmetric and a lot of faces were displayed as statues.Realistic Art was shown on the walls, as well. Horses were the animal which predominated the most on it. Sculptures of human people was shown on the top of the Parthenon, companied with important heroesshowing a delicate smile in their faces, even when they were dead people.
People from this period were very philosophic, mathematic, geometric and artistic.
The Democracy in this period was veryimportant and always present in the simplest terms. They believed that instead of having one leading the country, they decided to take all the decisions as a group. Their voices were heard by having...
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