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On the southeastern flank of the Acropolis are the vast remains of the Theatre of Dionysus, hacked out of the earth in the fifth century b.c. and upgraded in the third century b.c.
When Great Britain next comes under criticism for having absconded with the Elgin Marbles from the Acropolis, we should expect their prominent display in the British Museum to be brought up as part of a value-added defense.
A great Propylaia marked the entrance to the town — a copy of that at the Acropolis.
The simple, rounded female figures were funerary or religious objects and are in total contrast to the intricate pediment and frieze carvings and religious statuary found at temples on the Acropolis and in the Acropolis Museum.
As the Romans took control of Athens they embellished the site with small additions, but the wake of Christianity and the decline of Roman power saw the Acropolis vulnerable to attack, theft, and vandalism.