For me, it has NEVER been disappointing. But I can imaging that people think it's everywhere like on the Acropolis.

Do you really think that you will find Greece as it was 2500 years ago ?
Do you think that Greeks are all like this ?

It's a tourist ! obviously !

Or do you think that they  are still   all wearing peplos or chiton ?

Chiton demonstration (source: wikipedia).

NB: Don't stare too long at these drawings and go further in the reading of the text, please.

OF COURSE NOT (or perhaps in a smart party) ! Now, they even have cars, you know.
Athens is moving all around Acropolis. About 5 millions of people are living here and around, it means the third of the country... and linked to the sea thanks to the Pirea (the harbour).
But indeed, Parthenon is the most impressive place.

Parthenon is dedicated to the goddess Athena.
I was in love with her when I was teenage because Athena is the goddess of wisdom and she fights.

Bas-relief. Museum of
Acropolis of Athens, 460 B.C.

Wisdom-war.

So, she was called for all strategic needs.
Odysseus was protected by her, he was considered as one of the most intelligent hero in mythology (recall: he invented a particular offering : a great horse with soldiers inside, which entered Troy and made Greeks win the war).
Yes, I needed a strong and intelligent protection from a woman when I was young. So, Athena was my favorite goddess.
She was not a dyke like Artemis who had a harem and punished Callisto for cheating on her.
But she was not handled by any male.
She was chosen by Greeks against her powerful uncle Poseidon, god of the sea, to protect the city which finally took her name : Athens ("Athena" in Greek), the most important city of the Greek History.

Kore of the Erechteion, Acropolis