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  2. Parthenon - Wikipedia

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    The Parthenon had 46 outer columns and 23 inner columns in total, each column having 20 flutes. (A flute is the concave shaft carved into the column form.) The roof was covered with large overlapping marble tiles known as imbrices and tegulae. [66] [67] The Parthenon is regarded as the finest example of Greek architecture.

  3. Athena Parthenos - Wikipedia

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    Fragment of the accounts relating to the realization of the statue of Athena Parthenos, IG I 3 458, Museum of the Acropolis of Athens.. According to Pausanias and Plutarch [N 5], the statue is not by Phidias alone but of a team of craftsmen representing several trades, Phidias supervising all the decoration work of the Parthenon.

  4. Ancient Greek architecture - Wikipedia

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    Minoan is the name given by modern historians to the culture of the people of ancient Crete, known for its elaborate and richly decorated Minoan palaces, and for its pottery, the most famous of which painted with floral and motifs of sea life. The Mycenaean culture, which flourished on the Peloponnesus, was different in character. Its people ...

  5. A Jaw-Dropping New Clue May Reveal a Hidden Temple Lying ...

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    A smattering of ancient 6 th century B.C. Greek graffiti reveals that a different temple likely existed where the Parthenon now sits.. Clues from drawings made by a shepherd show there was likely ...

  6. List of Ancient Greek temples - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, (174 BC–132 AD), with the Parthenon (447–432 BC) in the background. This list of ancient Greek temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy ("Magna Graecia"), wherever there were Greek colonies, and the ...

  7. Acropolis - Wikipedia

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    The Parthenon in Athens. The most famous example is the Athenian Acropolis, which is a collection of structures featuring a citadel on the highest part of land in ancient (and modern-day) Athens, Greece. Many notable structures at the site were constructed in the 5th century BCE, including the Propylaea, Erechtheion, and the Temple of Athena. [5]

  8. Parthenon Frieze - Wikipedia

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    The Parthenon frieze is the defining monument of the High Classical style of Attic sculpture. [31] It stands between the gradual eclipse of the Severe style, as witnessed on the Parthenon metopes, [32] and the evolution of the Late Classical Rich style, exemplified by the Nike balustrade.

  9. ‘Egyptian blue’ found on Parthenon sculptures at the British ...

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    A new study has found that the Parthenon sculptures, previously thought to be white, were once painted with elaborate designs and patterns on their garments, using colors such as “Egyptian blue.”