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ANTEFIX, with some original paint

Parthenon Acropolis, Athens 447-432 B.C. Acropolis Museum, Athens Antefixes are placed along the bottom edges of the roof. This example retains some of its original paint. Color was an important decorative element on the Parthenon and on Greek buildings in general. All the ornamentation, except the nude figures, was heavily painted....

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YOUNG WOMEN AND OFFICIALS

Parthenon frieze East portion Acropolis, Athens 442-438 B.C. Louvre, Paris Near the end of the Parthenon on the east frieze, young women stand stately and quietly beside officials....

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NORTH PORCH DOOR

Erechtheum Mnesicles (?) Acropolis, Athens 421-405 B.C. The large door in the north porch, sixteen feet high and eight feet wide, is richly ornamented throughout its frame and cornice....

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DORIC COLUMNS: Temple of Apollo, Corinth 540 B.C.

The column is the basic element in Greek architecture. It is both structural and sculptural. There are three types or orders of column. The oldest, dating to about 600 B.C., is the Doric. Normally standing right on the floor, the shaft is made of a series of drums which are rounded, doweled together, tapered up--ward and fluted, usually twenty time...

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SACRED WAY AND TEMPLE OF APOLLO

Sanctuary of Apollo Delphi 6th century B.C. The sacred way passes by the supporting wall and ends at the temple entrance. The first temple was built around 600 B.C. This was replaced after a fire by a stone temple in 530-510 B.C. To the left of the picture is the theatre. Another temple was constructed on the same spot by Spintharos of Corinth abo...

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PLAN VIEW OF THE ACROPOLIS

A reconstruction according to Leo von Krenze. A: The Parthenon is the large structure in the center of the sacred area. B: The Propylaea, the entrance into the Sacred area. C: The Temple of Athena Nike, directly below the Propylaea in the drawing. D: Roman fortifications added later. E: Foundations of minor temples. F: Upper center of the sacred a...

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STYLOBATE

Parthenon Acropolis, Athens 447-432 B.C. The stylobate is the three-step base on which the Parthenon stands. In order to correct the distortions naturally made by the eye, the stylobate is curved upward toward the center of the colonnades on each side of the temple. The architrave also is similarly curved....

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Detail, ENTABLATURE

Southwest corner of Parthenon Acropolis, Athens 447-440 B.C. The entablature covers the area above the capital up to the pediment. At the corner between the architrave and the cornice are the channeled blocks known as triglyphs. They alternate with ninety-two sculptured metopes around the entire building. The stone pegs under the triglyphs are rem...

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GODS OF OLYMPUS

Parthenon frieze East side Acropolis, Athens 442-438 B.C. Acropolis Museum, Athens Perhaps also executed by Phidias or a close collaborator, the gods Poseidon, Apollo and Artemis sit on diphros, four-legged stools which originated in Egypt....

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THEATRE OF DIONYSUS

Acropolis, Athens The theatre of Dionysus was built into the natural hollow of the south slope of the Acropolis. Originally a place to honor the god Dionysus in dance and song, in the fifth century the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides were performed on the orchestra floor for 30,000 Athenians. By the middle of the fifth century there w...

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