{"id":167,"date":"2015-04-21T09:17:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/?page_id=167"},"modified":"2026-07-31T04:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T04:47:31","slug":"parthenon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/parthenon\/","title":{"rendered":"Parthenon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"167\" class=\"elementor elementor-167\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-pisn2kg elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"pisn2kg\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ly4lei7\" data-id=\"ly4lei7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6rint7m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6rint7m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. J&#8217;s Illustrated Parthenon (built 447-432 BC) Lecture<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gmo1ymg elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"gmo1ymg\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9602BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-9602BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA0MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi05NjAyQklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9602BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2043\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9602BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9602BIG-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9602BIG-230x155.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9602BIG-350x236.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9602BIG-480x324.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2nmhe0r elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2nmhe0r\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Upon exiting the\n        Propylaia, the ancient visitor would not have had a clear\n    view of the Parthenon, as we do today. Now as soon as we leave through the east portico,\n    we are struck by the full magnificence of the Parthenon (pictured is my mother at the\n    moment of her first viewing), minus the huge number of statues and smaller structures that\n    would have positively cluttered the sacred rock in antiquity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-yrx6x48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"yrx6x48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0029BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0029BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA0NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDI5QklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0029BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2044\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0029BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0029BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0029BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0029BIG-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0029BIG-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pbdlpt4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"pbdlpt4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Parthenon as it has survived is much like the skeletal remains of a\n    dinosaur &#8211; we can only glimpse the full magnificence of what it once was, and yet we are\n    still awed by its shattered glory. What it must have looked like with its skin and bones\n    intact! The Parthenon is a traditional peripteral temple (surrounded on all sides by\n    columns), but built on a grander scale than any temple before it, Pericles&#8217; grandest\n    &#8220;imperishable monument&#8221; to Athens&#8217; greatness: although its outside columns are\n    arranged in the traditional ratio (X x 2X+1), the Parthenon&#8217;s columns number 8 x 17 instead\n    of the average\u00a0 6 x 13.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hjbc4z8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"hjbc4z8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9804BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-9804BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA0NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi05ODA0QklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9804BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2045\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9804BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9804BIG-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9804BIG-230x157.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9804BIG-350x239.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9804BIG-480x327.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3oq40uv elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3oq40uv\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Built between 447-432 BC, the Parthenon has had a long history\n    of varied uses in its twenty-five hundred year existence: harem quarters for a sultan, a\n    Christian church, a cathedral, a mosque, and even a bell-tower.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-r2lqwkq elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"r2lqwkq\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9812BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-9812BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA0NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi05ODEyQklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9812BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2046\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9812BIG.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9812BIG-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9812BIG-230x149.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9812BIG-350x227.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9812BIG-480x311.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2gsoive elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2gsoive\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And yet the building had remained\n    structurally intact until the 17th century. On September 26, 1687 a Venetian shell\n    exploded the gunpowder stored by the Turks in the cella of the Parthenon. The roof was\n    blown off and most of the interior cella and its frieze, 6 columns on the South side (all\n    not yet replaced) and 8 columns on the North side (reconstructed) were obliterated in a\n    moment&#8217;s time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-t4ibjzb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"t4ibjzb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens54BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-athens54BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA0NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1hdGhlbnM1NEJJRy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens54BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2047\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens54BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens54BIG-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens54BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens54BIG-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens54BIG-480x318.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3zilr3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3zilr3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens53BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-athens53BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA0OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1hdGhlbnM1M0JJRy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens53BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2048\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens53BIG.jpg 332w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens53BIG-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens53BIG-230x346.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0hx9nbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0hx9nbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Other less insidious\n    damage is evident from this war as well: the cannonballs fired by the Venetians from\n    Philopappos Hill have also left their indelible mark on the marble of the Parthenon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1wuz5mk elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1wuz5mk\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens51BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-athens51BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA0OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1hdGhlbnM1MUJJRy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens51BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2049\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens51BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens51BIG-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens51BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens51BIG-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens51BIG-480x319.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-tfncxna elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"tfncxna\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The inside of the temple (naos) appears to be almost\n    one big room now, but in antiquity it was divided into two separate spaces: the cella\n    (&#8220;Hekatompedon&#8221;, because it was 100 Attic feet in length), and the opisthodomos,\n    where the state treasury was kept (on the west side). The opisthodomos, or\n    &#8220;back room,&#8221; was bordered by 4 Ionic columns (taller and slighter than Doric).\n    The cella was divided by several rows of two-tiered Doric columns, and possibly sported a\n    second-story viewing area. The grand attraction was Pheidias&#8217; 40 foot tall\n    chryselephantine (gold and ivory) statue of Athena. Pausanias (I.24.5) provides many\n    details, including<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-902bfcu elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"902bfcu\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens22BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-athens22BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1hdGhlbnMyMkJJRy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens22BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2050\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens22BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens22BIG-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens22BIG-230x156.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens22BIG-350x237.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens22BIG-480x325.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cptu7w9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cptu7w9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>mention of the sphinx and griffins on her helmet. Plutarch (Life of\n    Pericles) tells us that charges of embezzlement against Pheidias were\n    dropped when he proved all the gold was there by removing it and weighing it. The statue\n    was reportedly transported in the 4th century AD to Constantinople and was never seen\n    again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gb30svu elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"gb30svu\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0033BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0033BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDMzQklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0033BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2051\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0033BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0033BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0033BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0033BIG-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0033BIG-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2utlkvk elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2utlkvk\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most glorious aspect of the Parthenon was surely its artwork, all of\n    which was supervised by the great sculptor Pheidias. Pausanias tells us that the East\n    pedimental sculpture group (east pedimental area shown in the photo) depicted the Birth of\n    Athena from her father Zeus&#8217; head (I.24.25), but we would not have know that without his\n    help. The central section &#8211; showing the main subject, Athena &#8211; is thought to have been\n    lost when the temple was converted into a church.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7z2jxx elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d7z2jxx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0079BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0079BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDc5QklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0079BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2052\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0079BIG.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0079BIG-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0079BIG-230x157.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0079BIG-350x239.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0079BIG-480x328.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-tyehywe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"tyehywe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Much of the fabulous\n    sculpture that has survived from the East pediment is displayed in the British Museum\n    (some individual pieces are on display in the Acropolis Museum). Here we see the head of\n    one horse of Selene, exhausted after running his course, now dipping below the horizon as\n    the sun god Helios&#8217; horses rise up from Oceanus to begin the day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n06c5fw elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"n06c5fw\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0075BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDc1QklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2053\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hspeyte elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hspeyte\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The West pedimental sculpture of the Parthenon depicts the contest for\n    Attica between Athena and Poseidon. This sculpture group can be reconstructed thanks to\n    Jacques Carrey&#8217;s detailed 1674 drawings. Just a few years later, the face of the west\n    pediment changed forever. Morosini shattered the chariot and horses of Athena in a failed\n    attempt to remove them, and the pediment suffered untold damage in the bombardment of the\n    Parthenon during his war against the Turks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-xiji5yp elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"xiji5yp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0020BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0020BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDIwQklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0020BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2054\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0020BIG.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0020BIG-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0020BIG-230x144.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0020BIG-350x218.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0020BIG-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9y3umo0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9y3umo0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Usually identified as the\n    river god Illisos, this reclining figure graced the West Pediment. Pedimental corners are\n    particularly difficult to fill, but this ingenious composition leaves little space unused.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-zun0pje elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"zun0pje\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9803BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-9803BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi05ODAzQklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9803BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2055\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9803BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9803BIG-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9803BIG-230x157.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9803BIG-350x239.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9803BIG-480x327.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uhprd5r elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uhprd5r\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>92 metopes covered the four sides of the Parthenon, and they were all\n    sculpted in high relief (another detail that sets the Parthenon apart from other temples).\n    On each side of the building is depicted a different conflict, each of which is thought to\n    allegorize the recent Greek (mostly Athenian) defeat of the Persians: Gigantomachy (east),\n    Amazonomachy (west, shown in picture), Centauromachy (South) and the Trojan War (north).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-k74ahv4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"k74ahv4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0073BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0073BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDczQklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0073BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2056\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0073BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0073BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0073BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0073BIG-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0073BIG-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p7glqd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"p7glqd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Detail of the remaining SW metope of the Parthenon in situ. A\n    close-up (below) of this same corner of the Parthenon can be used to illustrate an\n    architectural peculiarity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-i9ukbgz elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"i9ukbgz\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0072BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0072BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDcyQklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0072BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2057\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0072BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0072BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0072BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0072BIG-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0072BIG-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ftabivg elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ftabivg\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An entire Doric temple can be reconstructed if just the\n    distance from one gutta (they look like\n    drip marks &#8211; perhaps modeled after water dripping from older wooden temples???) to the\n    next is known: the six guttae are equally distributed on the regula, which is the same\n    width as a triglyph, which is 2\/3 the size of a metope&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-g2f5zxt elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"g2f5zxt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0075BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDc1QklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2053\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0075BIG-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ztgkg9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ztgkg9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The metopes on the south\n    side of the Parthenon are in the best shape of all. Lord Elgin brought 14 south metopes to\n    the British Museum in the early nineteenth century, where they can be seen today.\n                Go to <a href=\"..\/..\/lectures\/ParthenonMarbles\/marbles.shtm\">Dr.\n                J&#8217;s Illustrated Parthenon Marbles<\/a> for photos of all the\n                metopes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bcejey elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bcejey\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0017BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0017BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDE3QklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0017BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2058\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0017BIG.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0017BIG-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0017BIG-230x194.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0017BIG-350x295.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0017BIG-480x404.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-idbpzpm elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"idbpzpm\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And, of course, there is the\n    famous Parthenon frieze, one continuous band of sculpture 160 meters long depicting the\n    Panathenaic Procession that bordered the top of the entire interior of the temple. The\n    culminating moment is the delivery of the sacred peplos to Athena, which every four years\n    was draped over her olive-wood statue in the Erechtheum. Much of the frieze was destroyed\n    in the 1687 explosion, but about one-half is in the British Museum today, while various\n    pieces survive elsewhere (some original slabs are even in situ on the Parthenon\n    today). This slab is the inspiration for Keats&#8217; &#8220;heifer lowing at the skies&#8221; in\n    his Ode on a Grecian Urn.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bqt81w elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7bqt81w\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0093BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0093BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDkzQklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"168\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0093BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2059\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0093BIG.jpg 168w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0093BIG-101x300.jpg 101w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7x3ftif elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7x3ftif\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nor was the temple white, as many incorrectly think. This chunk shows clear\n    remnants of a painted design. The hyperlink shows a display in the British Museum that\n    reconstructs the border above the frieze in its true brightly colored\u00a0appearance, as\n    based on this model. By our standards, the Parthenon would have looked positively garish!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ijckdag elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ijckdag\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9404BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-9404BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA2MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi05NDA0QklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9404BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2060\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9404BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9404BIG-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9404BIG-230x160.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9404BIG-350x244.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-9404BIG-480x335.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qdyu8fl elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"qdyu8fl\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>View of the Northern side of the Parthenon. Although the building appears\n    perfectly rectilinear from afar, the architect Ictinus used several design tricks to\n    create what is in fact a brilliant optical illusion. One of these tricks is called entasis,\n    the bulge in the stylobate (foundation on which the columns stand). Proof of entasis is\n    that the Parthenon fails the &#8220;hat test&#8221;: a hat left on one end of the stylobate\n    cannot be seen from the other end if you crouch down and view it from ground level. The\n    entasis of the Parthenon&#8217;s stylobate is clearly visible in this close-up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-s7dmprv elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"s7dmprv\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0070BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0070BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA2MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDcwQklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0070BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2061\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0070BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0070BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0070BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0070BIG-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0070BIG-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb1g4xv elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb1g4xv\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Display of Parthenon akroteria (end roof pieces) and interlocking\n    marble rooftile pieces. The Parthenon was unique in Greek architecture because it was the\n    only structure made completely of marble, including the roof. (The roof of the inner cella\n    had a wooden structure under the marble, and the first three courses of the building &#8211;\n    hidden underground &#8211; were made of limestone).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2qsznz5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2qsznz5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0068BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0068BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA2MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDY4QklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0068BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2062\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0068BIG.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0068BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0068BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0068BIG-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0068BIG-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dsg1flw elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dsg1flw\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens56BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-athens56BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA2MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1hdGhlbnM1NkJJRy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens56BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2063\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens56BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens56BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens56BIG-230x154.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens56BIG-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-athens56BIG-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dh91mzx elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dh91mzx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0069BIG.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"parthenon-IMG0069BIG\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA2NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2dzLmhzYy5lZHVcL2RyamNsYXNzaWNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvN1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL3BhcnRoZW5vbi1JTUcwMDY5QklHLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0069BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2064\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0069BIG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0069BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0069BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0069BIG-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/parthenon-IMG0069BIG-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-o29fqmz elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"o29fqmz\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This\n    unused column drum, intended for use in the pre-Persian invasion version of the Parthenon,\n    is about 5 feet in diameter&#8230; although not ready for production, this drum has undergone\n    some of the three part fluting process: rough quarry fluting, workshop finish, and final\n    finish. To the right is original carved set mark for placement of Parthenon column drum.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6lj61pd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6lj61pd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Selected Internet Links<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0j3z09q elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0j3z09q\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Official British\n          Museum Parthenon Marbles pages:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jlpjspg elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"jlpjspg\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk\/greekandroman\/parthenon.html\">http:\/\/www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk\/greekandroman\/parthenon.html<\/a>\n          added\n          2\/23\/02<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5wjzsrf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5wjzsrf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>computer-generated Parthenon\ndesign (British Museum)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acdspke elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acdspke\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kyoto Institute&#8217;s\ncomputer-generated reconstruction of NW corner of the Parthenon<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ma81efn elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ma81efn\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Parthenon of Nashville: Virtual\ntour of the entire guilding including pedimental sculpture and statue of Athena Parthenos<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4t7sxf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4t7sxf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Parthenon Reconstruction Project\nin Athens<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-m5dwc1n elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"m5dwc1n\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ann Nicgorski&#8217;s Parthenon page: http:\/\/www.willamette.edu\/cla\/wviews\/parthenon\/<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fco1mvj elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fco1mvj\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The Parthenon<\/b>:\n          informational, like mine, but from Reed College<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wqh8tyj elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wqh8tyj\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The Parthenon\n          Marbles<\/b>: the Greek side of the issue<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fikls9y elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fikls9y\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Parthenon Marbles<\/b>:\n          Mercouri speaks on behalf of having them returned to Greece<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-by0u4zi elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"by0u4zi\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Greek view of the Elgin marbles<br>\nGreek Ministry of Culture\nsite on Parthenon marbles<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cibdouh elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cibdouh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Connelly on the Parthenon\nfrieze<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e0fe1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e0fe1d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eec0caa\" data-id=\"eec0caa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8c3fa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8c3fa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. J&#8217;s Illustrated Parthenon (built 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