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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.
7 lip 2021 · The Temple of Athena Nike, as well as the Parthenon, were thought suited to the veneration of the Virgin Mary and were put to that use. In 1458, Greece was conquered by the Ottoman Empire, and Athens, as well as the country generally, entered a period of decline.
The metopes of the Parthenon are the surviving set of what were originally 92 square carved plaques of Pentelic marble originally located above the columns of the Parthenon peristyle on the Acropolis of Athens. If they were made by several artists, the master builder was certainly Phidias.
Temple of Athena Nike, 421-05 B.C.E., marble, Acropolis, Athens. The temple of Athena Nike (Athena as a goddess of victory) is the smallest temple at the Acropolis in Athens, placed at its southwest corner, at the edge of a high cliff (see images above).
Explore the history and significance of the Temple of Athena Nike, a small but elegant structure on the Athenian Acropolis, with Khan Academy.
In the third quarter of the fifth century, the Athenian Demos passed a series of decrees concerning the priestess of Athena Nike, whose sanctuary stood atop the southwest bas- tion of the Athenian Acropolis.2 The two best preserved of these decrees were inscribed
22 lut 2017 · The Parthenon, perhaps the most celebrated example of Classical Greek architecture, was only the first of a series of remarkable buildings to be constructed atop the Athenian Acropolis in the...
