Qualla: Acropolis of Rhodes https://qualla.com/acropolis-of-rhodes en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/k/p/acropolis-of-rhodes-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Acropolis of Rhodes https://qualla.com/acropolis-of-rhodes Acropolis of Rhodes: Introduction https://qualla.com/acropolis-of-rhodes/ Photo credit Jebulon, CC0. Most acropolises were built to be defended. The Acropolis of Rhodes was built to be seen. When the citizens of Lindos, Kameiros, and Ialysos merged their three island cities in 408 BC and laid out a new federal capital on the northeast tip of Rhodes, they put their temples on the highest ground and skipped the citadel walls entirely. The lower town had walls. The harbor had walls. The acropolis had columns, terraces, and an unobstructed view to the sea, where the second-century author Lucian called Rhodes the city of Helios with a beauty in keeping with that god.

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/k/p/acropolis-of-rhodes-wp/swkp-acropolis-of-rhodes-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Acropolis of Rhodes: Three Cities Become One https://qualla.com/acropolis-of-rhodes/ Photo credit Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5. The synoecism of 408 BC was a political experiment as much as an urban plan. Lindos sat on its own dramatic acropolis on the southeastern coast. Kameiros and Ialysos held the western shore. They had spent generations as rivals, and now, with the Peloponnesian War winding down and...

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/k/p/acropolis-of-rhodes-wp/swkp-acropolis-of-rhodes-three-cities-become-one.mp3 0:06 2 full Acropolis of Rhodes: Apollo on the Hill https://qualla.com/acropolis-of-rhodes/ Photo credit [[*Fotograf: Heiko Gorski (Moonshadow) ]], CC BY-SA 3.0. The acropolis sits on Monte Smith, named for an English admiral who watched Napoleon's fleet from this height in 1802. Long before that, the Temple of Pythian Apollo stood on the southern terrace, smaller than the Temple of Athena and Zeus to the north but bolder in profile. Sail...

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/k/p/acropolis-of-rhodes-wp/swkp-acropolis-of-rhodes-apollo-on-the-hill.mp3 0:06 3 full Acropolis of Rhodes: The Stadium and the Vow https://qualla.com/acropolis-of-rhodes/ Photo credit Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0. On the southeastern slope, the 210-meter stadium dating from the third century BC has kept its starting blocks, its sphendone (the rounded turning post), and the officials' marble seats. Athletes once ran here in honor of Helios, the sun god, during the Haleion Games. Just northw...

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/k/p/acropolis-of-rhodes-wp/swkp-acropolis-of-rhodes-the-stadium-and-the-vow.mp3 0:06 4 full Acropolis of Rhodes: What Has Not Been Found https://qualla.com/acropolis-of-rhodes/ Photo credit MattiPaavola, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Acropolis Archaeological Park covers about 12,500 square meters today, protected from new construction. The Italian School of Archaeology dug here from 1912 to 1945, and Greek archaeologists have continued the work since the war. What they have uncovered is striking, but the ...

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