Parthenon Images

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Parthenon

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Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends, 1868 painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Source)

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Parthenon in January 2023 (Source)

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Life-size pediment sculptures from the Parthenon in the British Museum (Source)

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The southern side of the Parthenon, which sustained considerable damage in the 1687 explosion (photo taken in 2009) (Source)

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Fragment of an exploded shell found on top of a wall in the Parthenon, thought to originate from the time of the Venetian siege (Source)

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Drawing of the Parthenon by James Skene, 1838 (Source)

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The Parthenon's position on the Acropolis dominates the city skyline of Athens. (Source)

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Part of the east pediment still found on the Parthenon (although part of it, like Dionysus, is a copy) (Source)

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Detail of the West metopes (Source)

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Group from the east pediment, British Museum (Source)

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The east facade in March 2021 (Source)

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Floor plan of the Parthenon (Source)

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Animation showing the Parthenon in 2011 and how it looked originally (Source)

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Part of the archaeological remains called Perserschutt, or "Persian rubble": remnants of the destruction of Athens by the armies of Xerxes I. Photographed in 1866, just after excavation. (Source)

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The Older Parthenon (in black) was destroyed by the Achaemenids during the Destruction of Athens in 480479 BC, and then rebuilt by Pericles (in grey). (Source)

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The Doric order of the Parthenon (Source)