*** LEVEL INFINITY Presents 
*** Secrets Of The Acropolis v1.0 for Duke Nukem 3D v1.3d/v1.4/v1.5

*** STORY 

   After having rid Los Angeles and the rest of the world and solar system of
aliens (or so he thought) Duke decides to take a well-deserved vacation. So
he packs his bags and heads to the Mediterranean to relax and enjoy the
sites. Among the sites he visits is a museum. But after exploring the museum 
for a short while he begins to notice a subtle similarity between the Greek 
artifacts and some of the things he'd seen in the aliens' domain. He gets 
suspicious and starts exploring further. He begins to discover clues that 
lead him to a secret passage hidden beneath the museum. There he finds an 
alien artifact which provides him with evidence that the alien invasion was 
not a recent development. The aliens had originally infiltrated Earth's 
civilization nearly 3000 years ago, during the Classical Greek era. Duke 
also discover that the "artifact" is actually a machine of sorts, a link to 
the ancient world. He realizes now that there may be other such links and
the aliens could return once again. He decides the only real way to defeat
them once and for all is to travel back to their original source and destroy
them there. After some experimentation he gets the link to work and finds
himself traveling back to ancient Athens. He first finds himself in a village
and must find the trail of evidence that will lead him to the alien source. He
discovers that the aliens have presented themselves to the Greek people as
gods, having them build great temples to worship and honor them. The aliens 
have infested the Acropolis and Duke must destroy them! After clearing the 
Acropolis he thinks his work is finally done. He is just about to celebrate 
his victory when he discovers there is yet another temple, a hidden temple, 
unknown to modern day archeologists and ancient Greeks alike. He follows the 
trail to the temple and there he makes yet another startling discovery. 

E1L1-The Village-Ancient Athens
   The village is a small town surrounding the Acropolis where the ordinary
   people lived. Lots of narrow streets and paths, whitewashed buildings, a
   merchant trading center, a dock, and many hidden mysteries. The village
   reflects the everyday life of the average Greek citizen.

E1L1-The Propylea
   This is the glorious entrance to the Acropolis and its monuments,
   constructed as part of the Perikles programme. The Propylaea, erected
   between 437 and 432 BC, were the work of the famous Athenian architect
   Mnesikles. 

E1L3-The Erechtheion
   The Erechtheion was built in 420-406 B.C, on that part of the Acropolis held
   to be the most sacred; the place where the goddess Athena had caused her
   most sacred emblem, the olive tree, to sprout. This tree was destroyed in
   later years by the invading Persians. But when the Persians were finally
   driven off, legend has it, that the tree miraculously grew again. 

E1L4-The Parthenon
   The Parthenon is the unique masterpiece of the world. You will realise it
   yourself the moment you stand in front of it and learn a little of its 
   history and the secrets of its construction. The beauty, harmony and grace 
   of this monument make a really lasting impression on everyone who sees it. 
   Today admission to the Parthenon is prohibited due to the restoration work 
   that has been taking place there since 1983. This will not prevent you from
   admiring this unique temple dedicated to the goddess Athena and built of
   white marble from Penteli. Under the Parthenon of the Classical times there
   are remains of the monumental Ur-Parthenon, an Archaic temple dated in
   the late 6th century B.C. The architects of the Classical temple, which was
   constructed and decorated between 447 and 432 B.C. during the Golden
   Age of Perikles, were Iktinos and Kallikrates. The Parthenon housed the
   golden-ivory statue of Athena, work of the famous sculptor Pheidias. This
   statue was the final destination of the Great Panathenaea procession,
   depicted on the frieze of the temple. 

E1L5-Hades' Passage
   Beneath the ancient Acropolis lies a path to the aliens' secret hideout. 
   This passage is a very nasty place with tricky jumps and hot lava. Above 
   all it is infested with those damn alien bastards.

E1L6-The Hidden Temple

Bonus-Ancient Spaceport
   Duke finds a Spaceship the aliens have been using to Travel back and forth
   to Earth. Problem is Duke can't get close to the Ship. He's going to have to
   go the long way around. Jumping down a well he finds himself in an
   underground cavern with long forgotten ruins. Duke know's this has got to
   have something to do with the spaceport he saw from the surface. Duke
   finds himself in a not so forgotten ruin/spaceport. He's got to get to that
   Ship before it takes off. 

*** INSTALLATION 

   This installer-free version of the SOTA distribution includes the following 
   files:
      README.TXT       - This file.
      SOTADEFS.CON     - CON files.
      SOTAUSER.CON
      SOTAGAME.CON     
      SOTPDEFS.CON
      SOTPUSER.CON
      SOTPGAME.CON
      SOTA.CON
      SOTAPPAK.CON
      SOTA.GRP         - Contains maps, art and music
      SOTA.BAT         - Batch files
      SOTAPPAK.BAT  
   Make sure you backup any files in your Duke3D directory that has the same 
   name as one of the files above. Unzip the contents of the distribution file 
   into your Duke3D directory, and run SOTA.BAT if you have Duke3D v1.3d or
   SOTAPPAK.BAT if you have Duke3D v1.4/v1.5.

*** CREDITS 

Levels 
   E1L1-The Village - Aaron Barber <abarber@ucla.edu> 
   E1L2-The Propylea - Cho Yan "Tempy" Wong <pwong@pobox.leidenuniv.nl> 
   E1L3-The Erechtheion - Crista "CD Warrior" Forest <csforest@deltanet.com> 
   E1L4-The Parthenon - Ryan "Tagg" Isenberg <Tagg94@aol.com> 
   E1L5-Hades' Passage - Jim "Ironman" Semkiw <jsemkiw@direct.ca> 
   E1L6-The Hidden Temple - Nick "Zarzoo" Parde <nick_parde@eee.org> 
   E1L7-Ancient Spaceport (Bonus Level) - Neil Munday <nmunday@rogers.wave.ca>

Music
   Simon Castles <castlesmusic@mail.geocities.com>

Con Editing
   Cho Yan "Tempy" Wong <pwong@pobox.leidenuniv.nl>

Texture Art
   Crista "CD Warrior" Forest <csforest@deltanet.com>

Run/Install Utility, Menu Art, Graphical text viewer
   Matthew "MattCake" Harris <mattcake@inloco.demon.co.uk>

Website Graphics and Maintainance
   Cho Yan "Tempy" Wong <pwong@pobox.leidenuniv.nl>
   Matthew "MattCake" Harris <mattcake@inloco.demon.co.uk>

*** MORE HELP

For help and patches check out out homepage at http://infinity.stomped.com

