The Parthenon by junge1
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The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, was the earliest of the Classical monuments on the Acropolis, which were built in the second half of the 5th century BC to replace the earlier buildings destroyed when the Persians burned the Athenian Acropolis in 480 BC. Perikles was the inspiration behind the building of the temple and the work was directed by Pheidias. The architects of the Parthenon, which was constructed and decorated between 447 and 432 BC, were Iktinos and Kallikrates. The Parthenon is a Doric peristyle temple with eight columns on the ends and seventeen on the sides. The columns, walls and sculptural decorations are of white Pentelic marble.
All the upper parts of the temple were decorated. On the outside, the metopes were carved with the battle of the gods and Giants (Gigantomachy) on the east side, of the Lapiths and Centaurs (Centauromachy) on the south, of the Athenians and Amazons (Amazonomachy) on the west, and the Trojan War on the north side.The two pediments had scenes from myths connected with the goddess Athena: the birth of the goddess in the presence of the other gods, on the east pediment, and her contest with Poseidon for Athens on the west. The walls of the cella were encircled by a relief frieze depicting the Panathenaic procession. The chryselephantine statue of the goddess by Pheidias stood inside the temple (Source: Official pamphlet).
This picture was taken on 27 June 2013,
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Comments (26)
Interesting to see the cranes there Sig. They would have had nothing like them to help them when it was first built!! Nice shot.
it would be interesting to see the crews restore this structure in the old fashion way without the use of the modern cranes Great capture
Fantastic capture !
Very beautiful view and photoshot my friend.
Nice photo, I've been at the Akropolis too, when I was very young
marvellous shot
SUPERB IMAGE
LOVE IT
very wonderful
Awesome!
A very nice shot!
It's about time they installed a new roof. ;)
Love the pov, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A fantastic photo Sig and massive reconstruction going on there! Thanks for the historical information to go along with the photo!
Superb capture my friend. It is strange to see cranes there. I can just imagine how they constructed this marvel without using any modern cranes. God bless.
Superb photo..perfect POV to capture the size of the temple!
Great shot!
I was reading about this building just now (thanks for sending me off to do research again!), and found out the building plan is far more complex than one might imagine. Apparently in order for the building to LOOK right, the walls aren't actually straight. And I would imagine the people who built the Parthenon used some sort of crane and scaffolding. Levers and pulleys aren't exactly new technology.
Having been in the movie Troy, the history is quite a bit more interesting than today's headlines! This scene is so busy with what was going on at the time you took this shot; from the crane to the girl with the nice brown legs getting her picture taken, I find it hard to focus on cold stone pillers lol!
yep the greeks where already far ahead while other "tribes"still lived in caves or in the trees.lol.
MARAVILLOSO - Lach @ René
Exellent.
Fantastic capture! :)
wonderful to see, and thanks for including all the information.
outstanding information and subject
How beautiful and even perfect the proportions and details of this temple are! A fabulous capture and thank you so much for your narrative too !