# Classical Athens Classical Athens was a Greek city-state whose fifth- and fourth-century BCE political, philosophical, artistic, and architectural work became exceptionally influential. Its [[wiki/Athenian Assembly|assembly]] met at the [[wiki/Pnyx|Pnyx]]; the [[wiki/Acropolis of Athens|Acropolis]] held temples and monuments, including the [[wiki/Parthenon|Parthenon]]. These were related but distinct civic and sacred spaces. Athens also led a maritime empire through the [[wiki/Delian League and Athenian Empire|Delian League]]. That history belongs alongside its experiments in [[wiki/Athenian Democracy|democracy]], without pretending the democratic franchise was universal. ## Source - [The Art of Classical Greece](https://www.metmuseum.org/es/essays/the-art-of-classical-greece-ca-480-323-b-c), Metropolitan Museum of Art.