Humanities 1114: The Classical World of Greece

Professor Terry L. Papillon

Links to Images Dealing with the Parthenon

Link to the Perseus page on Athens
Link to the Perseus page on the Parthenon
Aerial view of the Parthenon
Model of the Acropolis

Architectural Issues

• Perseus encyclopedia entry for Order
• Perseus encyclopedia entry for Doric
• Perseus encyclopedia entry for Ionic
• Plan of the Parthenon
• View through the entrance gate (the "Propylon") of the Acropolis
• East End of the Parthenon
• East End during restoration
• North Side of the Parthenon, showing a Doric system of entablature
• West End of the Parthenon
• For comparison: the DoricTemple of Apollo at Corinth
• For comparison: the Doric Temple of Hera at Olympia
• For comparison: the IonicErechtheion on the Acropolis

Doric Metopes

• Perseus definition of a metope
• Perseus entry on the Parthenon Metopes
• South Metope 3
• South Metope 4
• Reconstruction of South Metopes 3-4
• South Metope 31, Early Classical Style
• South Metope 27, High Classical Style

Ionic Frieze

• Perseus definition of a frieze
• Perseus entry on the Parthenon Frieze
• Scematic drawing of Parthenon Frieze
• East Frieze, Reconstruction
• East Frieze, slab 5
• East Frieze, slab 5: Reconstruction
• North Frieze, slab 42
• South Frieze, slab 41
• East Frieze, slab 7
• Reconstruction of East Frieze, slab 6

Pediments

• Perseus definition of a pediment
• Perseus entry for theWest Pediment of the Parthenon
• Drawing of the West Pediment
• Sculpture remaining from the West Pediment
• What remains of the West Pediment
• Perseus entry for theEast Pediment of the Parthenon
• Drawing of the East Pediment
• Sculpture from the left of the East Pediment
• Sculpture from the center of the East Pediment

Cult Statue

• Athena Parthenos Statue, reconstruction in Nashville TN
• Another view of the Athena Parthenos, Athens, National Archaeological Museum

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