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The extraordinary dimensions are 225 feet in length, 100 feet in width, and the columns of the outer colonnade are 34 feet high. The Parthenon is built using the post and lintel system of construction and the architectural order (link to the new pdf diagram) is called the Doric Order.
25 paź 2012 · A drawing illustrating the floor plan of the Parthenon (447-438 BCE). The number of Doric columns in the outer colonnade (8x17) was unusual for a Greek temple (6x13). The cella contained the 12m high cult statue of Athena and the rear smaller chamber was used as the treasury of the city of Athens.
Measured at the stylobate, the dimensions of the base of the Parthenon are 69.5 by 30.9 meters. The cell was 29.8 meters long and 19.2 meters wide, with internal Doric colonnades in two rings, structurally necessary to support the roof.
The Parthenon, Athens. by Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Rachel Kousser. Learn about the great temple of Athena, patron of Athens, and the building’s long history. Iktinos and Kallikrates (sculptural program directed by Phidias), Parthenon, 447–432 B.C.E. (Athens). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.
Peripteral Temple. A rectangular building dedicated to pagan deities with a series of low steps on every side and a continuous row of columns around it.
Ο Παρθενόνας (Parthenon), is an Ancient Greek temple in the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated to Athena Pallas or Parthenos (virgin). It is widely considered to be the pinnacle of Classical Greek architecture, and over the years it has become the trademark image of the entire civilization.
The Parthenon (Ancient Greek: Παρθενών) is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Its construction began in 447 BC and was completed in 438 BC, although decorations of the Parthenon continued until 432 BC.
