HISTORY TIMELINE MAPS ARCHITECTURE ART MUSEUMS ARCHAEOLOGY PHOTOGRAPHS THE PARTHENON POSITION ATHENIANS CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING BURNED THE PERSIANS CONSTRUCTION 480 BCE DEDICATED TO DESTRUCTION RUINS FORTIFICATIONS THE NORTH THE ACROPOLIS WHETHER NOT IT MASSIVE THE COLUMNS PENTELIC MARBLE MATERIAL THE FIRST TIME THE FOCUS ARCHITECTS IKTINOS KALLIKRATES NAMES GODDESS ATHENA PALLAS PARTHENOS MAIN FUNCTION WAS TO SHELTER MONUMENTAL STATUE ATHENA PHEIDIAS GOLD AND IVORY THE TEMPLE CHRYSELEPHANTINE STATUE WORK SCULPTURES PEDIMENT COMPLETION 432 BCE COST ATHENIAN TREASURY SILVER ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE CREATE MODERN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT MIGHT BE USEFUL LOOK TALENT THE COST BUILD TRIREME ADVANCED WARSHIP THE CREW THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ATHENS AT THE BEGINNING IN SERVICE THE ANNUAL GROSS INCOME CITY OF ATHENS PERIKLES RESERVE TEMPLE THE DORIC ORDER EIGHT COLUMNS SEVENTEEN CONFORMING RATIO GOVERNED VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL RELATIONSHIPS SPACING CELLA THE FRONT BACK PORCH SMALLER THAN DORIC COLUMNS COLONNADE SMALLER THE STATUE PLACEMENT BEHIND DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUS TEMPLES GREATER WIDTH LENGTH BACKDROP DOUBLE THE BACK ROOM SHELTERED TREASURE IONIC ORDER INTRODUCTION ELEMENTS DORIC TEMPLE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINUOUS FREEZE EXTERIOR WALL INTEGRATION IONIC GREEK ARCHITECTURE BALANCE AUSTERE VISUAL GREECE SEEN FROM THE OUTSIDE NEVER GLIMPSE THE INTERIOR STATUES THE OPEN DOORS IN A WAY AESTHETIC SMOOTH VISITOR PROPYLAIA THE MAJESTIC PROPORTION QUARTERS FULL VIEW THE WEST VIEWER THE DETAILS SCULPTED THE BASE PARTS FRIEZE EVIDENT COLORFUL PEERING THE SPACES BETWEEN MOVING THE EAST LOOKING DEPICTION PANATHENAIC PROCESSION AS IT CINEMATIC FASHION INTERRUPTED THIS WAS CERTAINLY SCENE ATHENIAN RELATE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THUS THE TRANSITION EARTH THE DIVINE EAST EVENTUALLY TURN THE CORNER FACE ENTRANCE THERE HE BIRTH ATHENA HIGH ABOVE BEYOND FOLDING PEPLOS THE OLYMPIAN GODS THE HEROES OPEN ENCHANTED HUES STANDING STATURE SURFACE FRAMED THIS TIME SPACE SEEM AS IF SEEMS CERTAIN THE MASTER THEATRICAL MOVEMENTS THE ARRANGEMENT MONUMENTAL THE EMOTIONS THE VISITORS PREPARE THE ULTIMATE ATHENA PARTHENOS MAXIMIZE THE EFFECT PAGE 2 RELATED PAGES DIMINI PALEKASTRO RHAMNOUS MINES LAVRION PALACES KNOSSOS MALIA MYCENAE PHAISTOS TIRYNS ZAKROS SANCTUARIES DELPHI ELEFSINA THERMOS STADIUMS STADIUM EPIDAURUS STOA STOA OF ATTALOS BRAURON ACROPOLIS ATHENA NIKE PARTHENON TEMPLE OF APOLLO THEATERS THEATER DODONA THOLOS EPIDAUROS EXPLORE THE GREEKS CRUCIBLE CIVILIZATION SEARCH SITE INDEX CONTACT BIBLIOGRAPHY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED