So instead, they attacked his close associates in the courts. Anaxagoras and Phidias were eventually exiled from Athens. Aspasia survived, but only after Pericles himself publicly pleaded her ...

The Acropolis is a massive archaeological site brimming with the artistic monuments and wonders of ancient Greece. Here are ...

it stood almost 40 feet tall and was made from gold and ivory by the sculptor Phidias. Dressed in armor and covered in ...