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Ancient Greece: The Parthenon - British Museum  The Parthenon was built in the Doric style of architecture, but included .... about the goddess Athena, her role in Athenian life and the Panathenaic procession.
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Parthenon - Wikipedia  The Parthenon is a former temple, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess .... The Parthenon was built under the general supervision of the artist Phidias, who also had charge of the sculptural decoration. The architects .... The east pediment narrates the birth of Athena from the head of her father, Zeus.
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Parthenon - Ancient History Encyclopedia  Oct 28, 2012 ... ... the Acropolis of Athens, known as the Parthenon, was built between ... with a shield in her left hand depicting scenes from the Battles of the...
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Parthenon, Athens - A View On Cities  The Parthenon was built in honor of the goddess Athena Parthenos (virgin Athena), patroness of the city of Athens. Initially the temple was known as the Great Temple (Megas Naos), but later became known by the name of Parthenon.
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Parthenon | temple, Athens, Greece | Britannica.com  Aug 24, 2016 ... ... was built by the architects Ictinus and Callicrates under the supervision of the sculptor Phidias. ... The Parthenon embodies an extraordinary number of architectural ... Athens (national capital, Greece): The Acropolis ... also exhibits considerable subtlety of design in its use of the Doric and Ionic orders.
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Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee, 289 insider tips, photos, reviews ...  The building and the Athena statue are both full-scale replicas of the ... There are two changing exhibit galleries that provide a venue for a variety of ... There was also the history of the immediate area of the Parthenon and it's ... Inside there was the statue of the Greek Goddess Athena and Goddess Nike of Samothrace. Yes...
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Athena - Ancient History Encyclopedia  May 24, 2012 ... Goddess of wisdom, war and the crafts, and favourite daughter of Zeus, ... her and Athena was born from Zeus' head, wearing armour and fully grown. ... the city named in her honour after the people of Attica chose her as their ... was also revered in many other major cities, notably as patron of Sparta, as the...
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The Judgement of Paris | The Role of Women in the Art of Ancient ...  of the three goddesses, Hera, Athena, or Aphrodite, was the most beautiful. Aphrodite told Paris that if he chose her, she would provide him with the ... The myth turns out not to be a beauty contest at all. ... provided wisdom, but Paris chose love. ... --But enough: a day Came and this Paris judged beneath the trees Three...
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NOVA | Secrets of the Parthenon | Restoring the Ruin | PBS  Its modern restorers, led by Greek architect Manolis Korres, have already taken ... right balance between putting it back together and leaving it the majestic ruin it is. ... Even more damaging, Balanos used iron clamps like the one seen here to hold ... could aid them in finding each remnant's original position on the building.
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The Palladium - Penhook  And being exceedingly grieved for her, Athena made a wooden image in her ... During the Trojan War the Greeks learned that Troy would not fall while the ... This holiest image of the goddess was placed under a bronze likeness of a ... contained Christian relics, the palladium from Rome, and the Palladium from Athens.
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Parthenon - Wikipedia  The Parthenon is a former temple, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess ... The resulting explosion severely damaged the Parthenon and its sculptures. .... and would have stood beside the archaic temple dedicated to Athena Polias ("of the city"). ..... A few can still be seen on the building itself.
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Parthenon - Wikipedia  The Parthenon is a former temple, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power. It was completed in 438 BC although decoration of the building continued ... The Parthenon itself replaced an older temple of Athena, which historians...
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Parthenon - Ancient Greece  It was presumably dedicated to Athena, and after its destruction much of its ruins were ... Not much is known about this temple, and whether or not it was still under ... The classicalParthenon was constructed between 447-432 BCE to be the ... The architects were Iktinos and Kallikrates (Vitruvius also names Karpion as an...
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Acropolis - Ancient History Encyclopedia  Sep 2, 2009 ... An `acropolis' is any citadel or complex built on a high hill. ... under the guidance of the great general and statesman Pericles of Athens. ... for the Parthenon alone, and the first stone was laid on 28 July 447 ... statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) to work on the project.
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Parthenon - Wikipedia  The Parthenon is a former temple, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power. It was completed in 438 BC although decoration of the building continued ... These sculptures, now known as the Elgin Marbles or the Parthenon Marbles...
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The Seven Wonders: The Colossus of Rhodes  Standing on a small island in the harbor is an immense statue of a robed woman, ... the people of Rhodes decided to build a giant statue of their patron god Helios. ... According to the book of Pilon of Byzantium, 15 tons of bronze were used and ... the remains of the Colossus up into smaller pieces and sold it as scrap metal.
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Parthenon  goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. ... an Ottoman Turk ammunition dump inside the building was ignited by Venetian bombardment. The resulting explosion severely damaged the Parthenon and its sculptures. .... had been destroyed during the Morosini explosion of the Parthenon, in 1687.
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Ministry of Culture and Sports | Delphi  This myth survived in plays presented during the various Delphic festivals, ... the Theophania and, of course. the famous Pythia, which celebrated the death of ... expressing their gratitude with great gifts and spreading its fame around the ... In 1927 and 1930, the poet Angelos Sikelianos and his wife, Eva, attempted to revive...
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The Athens Of The South: A Brief History Of The Nashville Parthenon  Aug 6, 2016 ... Nashville may have earned the nickname the 'Athens of the South' long before its replica of the Parthenon was built in 1897, but today this...
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Paris just had to have this beautiful daughter of Zeus, & the rest is ...  Jul 8, 2016 ... Paris just had to have this beautiful daughter of Zeus, & the rest is history # Quiz # Question. video. 0:28 0 likes, 0 dislikes. No views.