Siege of the Acropolis Part of the Greek War of Independence "The first battle of Athens", by Panagiotis Zografos Date 25 April 1821 – 9 June 1822 (O.S.) Location Athens, Greece Result Greek victory, surrender of the Acropolis Belligerents Greek rebels Ottoman Empire Commanders and leaders Meletios Vasileiou Dimos Antoniou Olivier Voutier Omer Vrioni Omar Bey of Karystos Strength 600, later increasing to 3,000 Muslim inhabitants of Athens, later Vrioni's army