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When work began on the Parthenon in 447 BC, the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power. Work on the temple continued until 432; the Parthenon, then, represents the tangible and visible efflorescence of Athenian imperial power, unencumbered by the depradations of the Peloponnesian War.
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academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/Parthenon.html
academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/Parthenon.html
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Parthenon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Parthenon (Ancient Greek: ) is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena whom the people of Athens considered their protector. It was built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis. It is the ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon
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The Parthenon will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 26 & 27, and will reopen on Saturday, November 28. ... The Parthenon stands proudly as the centerpiece of Centennial Park, Nashville's premier urban park. The re-creation of the 42-foot statue Athena is the focus of the Parthenon just as it was in ancient...
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www.nashville.gov/parthenon/
www.nashville.gov/parthenon/
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Parthenon (Nashville) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens. It was built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Nashville's moniker, the Athen...
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Pericles appointed Ictinos ( for the architectural structure) and Phidias (for the decorative sculptures) as designers of the Parthenon. The works started in 447 The parthenon differs in many ways from the classical greek temple, and these differences made it one of the most admired work of architecture in the world.
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www.cooper.edu/classes/art/hta321/Parthenon.html
www.cooper.edu/classes/art/hta321/Parthenon.html
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The Parthenon. History, importance, and aesthetics, from ancient-greece.org ... The Parthenon ... At the approximate position where the Parthenon was built later, the Athenians began the construction of a building that was burned by the Persians while it was still under construction in 480 BCE.
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ancient-greece.org/architecture/parthenon.html
ancient-greece.org/architecture/parthenon.html
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As you know from reading Pollitt, the Parthenon has suffered greatly from the ravages of time, so that it is only a shell of its original self. The Parthenon survived into the Early modern era almost entirely in tact.
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www.reed.edu/~mkerr/papers/Parth95.html
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The construction of the Parthenon was a key political issue not only for Athens, but for all Greece. Among others, Thucydides deals extensively with this issue in explaining the causes of the Peloponnesian War, the catastrophe that brought Greek classical civilization to a tragic end.
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www.metrum.org/key/athens/history.htm
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