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Part of the Parthenon's eastern frieze. The ancient Greek temples were often enhanced with mythological decorations from the columns to the roof. The architectural functions of the temple mainly concentrated on the cella with the cult statue. The architectural elaboration served to stress the dignity of the cella.These statues of the god or ...
Ictinus (/ ɪ k ˈ t aɪ n ə s /; Greek: Ἰκτῖνος, Iktinos) was an architect active in the mid 5th century BC. [1] [2] Ancient sources identify Ictinus and Callicrates as co-architects of the Parthenon.
The Parthenon had 46 outer columns and 23 inner columns in total, each column having 20 flutes. (A flute is the concave shaft carved into the column form.) The roof was covered with large overlapping marble tiles known as imbrices and tegulae. [66] [67] The Parthenon is regarded as the finest example of Greek architecture.
Mikon, a Greek man (potentially a shepherd) from the 6 th century BC, may have left us the ultimate clue to an unknown temple that once filled the space now occupied by the great Parthenon.And ...
In Classical architecture, a cella (from Latin 'small chamber') or naos (from Ancient Greek ναός (nāós) 'temple') is the inner chamber of an ancient Greek or Roman temple. Its enclosure within walls has given rise to extended meanings, of a hermit's or monk's cell , and since the 17th century, of a biological cell in plants or animals.
The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, (174 BC–132 AD), with the Parthenon (447–432 BC) in the background. This list of ancient Greek temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy ("Magna Graecia"), wherever there were Greek colonies, and the ...
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Plan of the Parthenon: 1) Pronaos (east side) 2) Naos hecatompedos neos (east side) 3) Chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos 4) Parthenon (virgin room, treasure) (west side) 5) Opisthodomos (west side) In 480 BCE, the Persians ransacked the Acropolis of Athens, including the pre-Parthenon, which was under construction at the time. [1]