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Parthenon

[ pahr-thuh-non, -nuhn ]

noun

  1. the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.


Parthenon

/ -nən; ˈpɑːθəˌnɒn /

noun

  1. the temple on the Acropolis in Athens built in the 5th century bc and regarded as the finest example of the Greek Doric order
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Parthenon

  1. The central building on the Acropolis in Athens (see also Athens ), now partly in ruins. Built in ancient times as a temple, it served as a model for much of Greek and Roman architecture.


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“We are not sure what to do, and we are worried for the winter,” said Melina Zisi, the manager of the Hotel Attalos in a crowded part of central Athens, whose rooftop deck sits below the Parthenon.

Beyond the Parthenon, however, the park has much more to offer visitors.

Greece claims they were looted from the Parthenon by a nefarious British Indiana Jones character in the early 1800s.

The Parthenon itself held armor, daggers and other prizes captured in war.

By the end of the fifth century, the Parthenon and two other temples stood on the Acropolis.

So does the Parthenon frieze depict virgin sacrifice, and was it built over the tomb of these maidens of myth?

How did you get permission to shoot at the Parthenon for My Life in Ruins?

Who has not copied the Parthenon as the severest in its proportions for public buildings for civic purposes?

The Parthenon was built of Pentelic marble, and the temple proper was surrounded by a portico supported on rows of columns.

Fine as is the effect of repose in the Parthenon frieze, the composition is likewise full of spirit and life.

As a whole composition it was immutable, as permanent, as decorative and as appropriate as the frieze of the Parthenon.

We come now to speak of the Elgin marbles from the frieze of the Parthenon.

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