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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Page 100
... portico roof was only 0.80 X 1 metre , this one is 4.60 X 5 metres . We can see that the part of the sacred crown ... portico was not turned at right angles to abut on the anta , as was the regular practice , but was cut off vertically ...
... portico roof was only 0.80 X 1 metre , this one is 4.60 X 5 metres . We can see that the part of the sacred crown ... portico was not turned at right angles to abut on the anta , as was the regular practice , but was cut off vertically ...
Page 106
... portico by calling it " the portico at the door " , II , 1 , 77 HE ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΣ ΗΕ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟ ΘΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΣ even though there was a door of approximately the same size in the other prostasis of the build- ing , the east portico . This must mean ...
... portico by calling it " the portico at the door " , II , 1 , 77 HE ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΣ ΗΕ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟ ΘΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΣ even though there was a door of approximately the same size in the other prostasis of the build- ing , the east portico . This must mean ...
Page 108
... portico served the practi- cal purpose of keeping the exit through the south door clear . However , since the branch or branches carried by the portico must have arisen during the regeneration of the tree after 480 , it is most likely ...
... portico served the practi- cal purpose of keeping the exit through the south door clear . However , since the branch or branches carried by the portico must have arisen during the regeneration of the tree after 480 , it is most likely ...
Common terms and phrases
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