The Parthenon by junge1

Photography • Historical • posted on Jul 27, 2013

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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, Sig...

Comments (26)

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jayfar

2:53PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

Interesting to see the cranes there Sig. They would have had nothing like them to help them when it was first built!! Nice shot.

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Faemike55

3:07PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

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

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Cyve

3:10PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

Fantastic capture !

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adrie

4:24PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

Very beautiful view and photoshot my friend.

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Ralfromgens

4:50PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

Nice photo, I've been at the Akropolis too, when I was very young

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flavia49

4:52PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

marvellous shot

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sandra46

4:56PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

SUPERB IMAGE

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MagikUnicorn

6:02PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

LOVE IT

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jocko500

6:49PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

very wonderful

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mbz2662

7:33PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

Awesome!

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UVDan

8:32PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

A very nice shot!

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blinkings

8:38PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

It's about time they installed a new roof. ;)

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ontar1

10:12PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

Love the pov, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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danapommet

10:23PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

A fantastic photo Sig and massive reconstruction going on there! Thanks for the historical information to go along with the photo!

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kgb224

10:43PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

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.

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tigertim

11:19PM | Sat, 27 July 2013

Superb photo..perfect POV to capture the size of the temple!

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starship64 Online Now!

1:15AM | Sun, 28 July 2013

Great shot!

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auntietk

1:33AM | Sun, 28 July 2013

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.

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abreojos

2:37AM | Sun, 28 July 2013

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!

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