Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) Focuses on the emergence of Athens as the capital of the Hellenistic world. Covers the early period of Greece with the arrival of Indo-Europeans, rural communities, building of palaces, Homer's Iliad and Troy. Describes the reign of Pericles and how he rebuilt the acropolis, strengthened the army and created democratic reforms. Follows the route that the Panathenaic Procession would have taken through the acropolis every four years. Includes the Propylea, the square, Erectheum, Porch of the Karyatids and Parthenon. Presents the history of Phidias' statue of Athena that was located in the Parthenon. Shows the temple that the Athenians built at Delphi. Uses buildings, statutes and pottery to describe the life of the Athenians. Illustrates the Acropolis, the Porch of the Karyatids, the Parthenon, the statue of Athena, the Athenian temple at Delphi, the Tholos, Altar of the Twelve Gods and the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios.