Parthenon

Parthenon

447 BC - 432 BC

1781

Phidias

Greek

architectural elements

Greece (nation)

Athens (inhabited place)

Classical

metopes

centaurs

Front view of metope from the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, with Centaur attacking a Lapith. "The best known story of the Centauromachy involves the disruption of a wedding, and several interpretations offer a variation on this premise. The large number of women, their poses and attributes appear to support this. Some scholars see a specifically Attic myth represented. Robertson suggests that episodes in the life of Daedalus are depicted. Brommer believes that, whatever the subject, it relates directly to the centaurs so that the overall theme of the side is a unified one. The metopes involving centaurs appear, like those on the west side, to be individual units whose arrangement is not of great importance. The central metopes, however, suggest a definite relationship and order within the group,"--Perseus Digital Library

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