. A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest. from its being the temple of Athena Parthenos,or Athena the Virgin, the invincible goddess of war. It was alsocalled Hecatompedon, from its breadth of 100 feet. It was builtunder the administration of Pericles, and was completed in Parthenon stood on the highest part of the Acropolis, nearits centre, and probably occupied the site of an earlier templedestroyed by the Persians. It was entirely of Pentelic marble, ona rustic basement of ordinary limestone, and its architecture, whichwas of the Doric order,
. A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest. from its being the temple of Athena Parthenos,or Athena the Virgin, the invincible goddess of war. It was alsocalled Hecatompedon, from its breadth of 100 feet. It was builtunder the administration of Pericles, and was completed in Parthenon stood on the highest part of the Acropolis, nearits centre, and probably occupied the site of an earlier templedestroyed by the Persians. It was entirely of Pentelic marble, ona rustic basement of ordinary limestone, and its architecture, whichwas of the Doric order, was of the purest kind. Its dimensionswere about 228 feet in length, 101 feet in breadth, and 66 feet inheight to the top of the pediment. It consisted of a cella, sur-rounded by a peristyle. The cella was divided into two chambersof unequal size, the eastern one of which was about 98 feet long,and the western one about 43 feet. The ceiling of both thesechambers was supported by rows of columns. The whole buildingwas adorned with the most exquisite sculptures, executed by. The Propylsea restored. A. Pinacotheca. D. Road lending to the centra, entrance. B. Temple of Nike- Aptero9. E. Central entrance. C. Pedestal of Agnppa. F. Hall corresponding to the Pinacotheca. various artists under the direction of Phidias. These consistedof, 1. The sculptures in the tympana of the pediments (i. e. theinner portion of the triangular gable ends of the roof above thetwo porticoes), each of which was filled with about 24 colossalfigures. The group in the eastern or principal front represented 92 HISTORY OF GREECE. Chap. X. the birth of Athena from the head of Zeus, ana the western thecontest between Athena and Poseidon (Xeptune) for the land ofAttica. 2. The metopes between the triglyphs in the frieze ofthe entablature (i. e. the upper of the tvro portions into whichthe space between the columns and the roof is divided) were filledwith sculptivres in high relief, representing a variety of sub
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