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East facade of the Parthenon, Athens, 5th century BCE.

The iconic Temple of Athena Virgin, the Parthenon. Construction: 447-432 BCE Location: Acropolis, Athens, Greece

A metope depicting a centaur battling a Lapith, from the Parthenon, 5th century BCE. (British Museum, London)

A Lapith fighting a Centaur, regarded as one of the finest metopes from the Parthenon. 5th century BCE. (British Museum, London)

Detail of Figure D (commonly identified as Dionysos) from the East Pediment of the Parthenon. He reclines on a rock. His seat is softened by a mantle and an animal fur. Despite the fact that both of his hands are missing, Figure D is the...

Marble statue from the West pediment of the Parthenon (West pediment A) depicting a river-god (possibly the river Ilissos), designed by Pheidias, about 438-432 BCE. (British Museum, London)

A lion from the pediment of the Parthenon in the Museum of the Acropolis. Construction: 447-432 BCE

Temple of Athena Parthénos. Painting by Vasily Polenov, c. 1882.

A drum from a column of the Parthenon, Athens showing the flutes of the shaft in cross-section.

The magnificent temple on the Acropolis of Athens, known as the Parthenon, was built between 447 and 432 BCE in the Golden Age of Pericles, and it was dedicated to the city's patron deity Athena. The temple was constructed to house the new...