the Acropolis and the Parthenon ?the sacred rock rising from the Attic plain is the of the first recorded history of Athens. From neolithic times indicate a continuous settlement on the hill from at least 2800 BCE; well before the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures ?the Athenian leader Pericles initiated construction of the presently standing temple of Athena; the new Parthenon built by the architects Ictinus and Callicrates under the supervision of the sculptor Phidias; the temple is generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order; the simplest of the three classical Greek architectural styles. 裋IEWS OF THE THE HOLY ROCK FROM THE EAST THROUGH THE ASH DUST FROM THE ICELAND VOLCANO