The Parthenon

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The Parthenon

Introduction

The Parthenon was a symbol of excellence in Greek architecture . The temple was built by Greek 's master architects in the names of Iktinos and Callicrates , who were main designer and master builder respectively Phidias , one of the greatest names in Greek Sculpture , also supervised the design of the Parthenon frieze , which was one of the most prominent features of this architectural glory . Although the old Parthenon was destroyed , the details of the temple and its architecture remain to be seen

History

p The Parthenon was built from the year 448 BC until its completion in 432 BC for two purposes : to honor the goddess Athena and to serve as state treasury , which meant the holding of the tax money of the Delian League a part of which was used to pay for the building of the temple itself (Koeller . The old temple of Athena was once destroyed during a war with the Persians because of the series of invasions launched by the Persians under King Darius (Kreis . The resulting plan was for the construction of a bigger temple with dimensions of 100 feet , which means that the new temple should be a hekatompedon ' and that it had three original plans ( History of the Parthenon

The Parthenon , however , was burned and the severe fire damage destroyed most of its parts at an unknown date . Moreover , in 1687 the temple was blown up when acropolis was besieged by the Venetians (Koeller

The Architecture

The Parthenon...