Parthenon and the Mycenaean City on the HeightsA fascinating study which puts forward the hypothesis that the Parthenon was built on the foundations of a Mycenaean citadel. Based on careful analysis of the structure of the Parthenon and the rest of the Acropolis, as well as literary sources. Contains some lovely black and white photographs of the temple. |
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Acropolis altar anta architect ashlars Athena Athena tree Athenians bays belong blocks Broneer builders building built Callias Callicrates cella citadel wall classical columns construction corner cult decree Doric Dörpfeld drums earth east front east room edge embankment Erechtheum erection euthynteria fact Figure fill foot foundation frieze gate geison goddess Greek height Herodotus Hesp Ictinus indicates inscription Kawerau marble temple marked metopes metres Mnesicles Mycenaean citadel Nike north door north wall obviously original Parthenon Pausanias Pericles peripteral peripteral temple peristasis Pheidias Plutarch podium poros portico preserved Propylaea pyrgos ridge rock roof sanctuary sculpture sherds shows sima slabs slope south side south wall south-east stands stone stood stretch stylobate taken temenos terrace thick threshold Thucydides timber tion top course triglyph Tschira west gable west room width δὲ καὶ τὰ τῆς τὸ τοῖς τῶν