Parthenon

Parthenon

ca. 447-432 BCE

1810

Iktinos

Kallikrates

Phidias

Greek

Single Built Works

Greece (nation)

Athens (inhabited place)

Classical

temples (buildings)

cellae

columns (architectural elements)

Doric order

View of corner of the cella of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. "The Parthenon was created by Iktinos, Kallikrates and Pheidias. The eastern cella was dedicated to Athena Polias (Dinsmoor says it was known as the Neos Hekatompedos, or cella of 100 feet) and the western cella was dedicated to Athena Parthenos, "the Virgin," from which the whole building became known as the Parthenon ... Doric peripteral temple, 8 x 17 columns. Double cella with pronaos and opisthodomos, both with 6 prostyle columns. The smaller west cella had 4 interior columns. Inside the east cella was a U-shaped colonnade of 9 columns and a pier on each long side, and 3 columns between the 2 piers on the short side,"--Perseus Digital Library.

marble (rock)

Width East: 30.875 meters, Width West: 30.8835 meters, Length North: 69.5151 meters, Length South: 69.5115 meters

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