History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . A Corner of the PAKxiitNON U B G TcuLner Looking through the Doric colonnades at the southeast corner of the build-ing to the distant hills of Hymettus. On the left is the base of the wall of theinterior, blown out by the explosion of a Turkish powder magazine. At thetop of this wall was the frieze of Phidias, extending around the inner part ofthe building. From painting by Bethe-Lowe (f-ihine Prints by B. G. Teubner,Leipzig. The Prang Company, New Sork) Athens in the Age of Pericles 145 Pericles intently insp
History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . A Corner of the PAKxiitNON U B G TcuLner Looking through the Doric colonnades at the southeast corner of the build-ing to the distant hills of Hymettus. On the left is the base of the wall of theinterior, blown out by the explosion of a Turkish powder magazine. At thetop of this wall was the frieze of Phidias, extending around the inner part ofthe building. From painting by Bethe-Lowe (f-ihine Prints by B. G. Teubner,Leipzig. The Prang Company, New Sork) Athens in the Age of Pericles 145 Pericles intently inspecting the buildings, as Phidias the sculptorand Ictinus the architect of the Parthenon follow him up anddown the inclosure, explaining to him the progress of the work. 216. Phidias and the Parthenon Sculptures. Phidias was thegreatest of the sculptors at Athens. In a long band of carvedmarble extending entirely around the Parthenon (plate, p. 144). Fig. 45. Restoration of the Parthenon as it was in the FifthCentury i;.c. (After Thiersch and Michaelis) The gable ends of the temple each contained a triangular group of sculpture depicting the birth of Athena and her struggle with Poseidon, god of the sea, for possession of Attica. The wonderful frieze of Phidias (Fig. 47 and § 216) extended around the building inside the colonnades at the top of the wall Phidias and his pupils portrayed the people of Athens moving inthe stately procession (Fig. 47) of the Panathenaic festival(§ 212). Inside the new temple gleams the colossal figure ofAthena, wrought by the cunning hand of Phidias in gold andivory. 217. The Drama ; .ffischylus. In spite of the Sophists, theAthenian people still reverently believe that it was their gods whoraised Athens to the powerful position she now occupies. All the 146 History of Europe citizens recall the story of the glorious victory of Salamis asiEschylus has told it in his great drama The Persians. Theplay
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