Question | Answer |
Who built the Parthenon? | Many individuals and committees under the leadership of Perikles |
Who designed the Parthenon? | Iktinos and Kallikrates. Sculptural decoration supervised by Phidias |
What is the function of the Parthenon? | political, religious, symbolic, visual, |
What is on the outer frieze? | Historical and mythological warfare. South metopes: Lapiths vs. Centaurs |
What is on the inner frieze? What is the technique and narrative flow? | Panathenaic procession or legend of King Erechteus Technique:who sacrifices one of his daughters |
What is on the East pediment? | Birth of Athena |
What is on the west Pediment? | Contest between Athena and Poseidon |
Where in the temple is the chryselephantine Athena? | Naos |
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