The acropolis, originally called Cecropia in honor of the Athenians' legendary ancestor Cecrops, rested on a rock plateau about 200 feet high and 1000 X 460 in area. The Erechtheum was on the north. The Temple of Athena Nike and the Propylaia (Propylaea) are also on the Acropolis. Ancient kings also lived there.
Source:Robin Osborne "Athens" The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Brian M. Fagan, ed., Oxford University Press 1996. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.
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Source: "The Attica of Pausanias," by Mitchell Carroll. 1907.


