What is the acropolis above?

Answer 1

An acropolis is a hill in Greece which means "upper city". When a city-state was formed, a hill was fortified as a refuge during attack - it contained a temple of the patron god/goddess and the settlement's valuables were stored there under protection of the deity. As the area developed, a city grew up around it, often walled. The Acropolis of Athens came to have several temples, one of which is the Parthenon (parthenos = the virgin Athena, patron goddess) where the treasury was located under her protection and her statue presided.

Answer 2

The word means 'high city - a city-state established a fort on a steep hill to which ot go in the event of invasion. As the city built up around the hill, temples and their treasuries were located on the hill for security.

Answer 3

there is not a city of an acropolis. in ancient Greece an acropolis is a hill used to hold the temple of the local god. the hill is located toward the center of the city state. they believed it was the closest place to heaven.

Answer 4

The ancient citadel at Athens, containing the Parthenon and other notable buildings, mostly dating from the 5th century BC.

Answer 5

Athens.