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The Greeks finished the Parthenon in 432b.c.
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How was the Parthenon used?
The Parthenon was the temple of Athena in Athens. Today it is a national treasure of the Greeks, and people come from all over the world to see it.The Parthenon was used to house the statue of Athena.
What special technique did the Greeks use in designing the plinth that the Parthenon sits on?
Salesian, right?
What Maidens and Stewards a Parthenon fragment of the Panathenaic Procession illustrates a or sculptural band often used by the Greeks to embellish their architecture?
Frieze
What war was the Parthenon in?
Parthenon was there in both the first [490 BCE] and the second [480 BCE] Persian Greek wars but was destroyed by the Persians when they entered the evacuated city of Athens just before the naval battle of Salamis where the Greeks won the Persian and Phoenician fleets.
Who destroyed the Parthenon?
The Parthenon was first built by the Greeks. after some time different religions tried to take over Greece, it went on for a long while the Parthenon started from a Greek temple to a Muslim temple to a christian church. The Greeks had stored an Ottoman ammunition dump and lots of gun powder in one of the rooms of the temple when it was built. As a result from a Venetian bombardment on the Parthenon on September 28, 1687 the room in the temple caught fire and blew up. Causing an explosion so great the roof was completely destroyed and part of the walls. Majority of the building is still standing and can be seen today atop the acropolis in Athens, Greece.
Where did the Greeks build the Parthenon?
The Greeks built the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis.
Did the Greeks have national pride when building the Parthenon?
Most Greeks did not want the Parthenon to be built
Was the Greek Parthenon made by Greeks?
yes
Did the ancient Greeks build the Parthenon?
Yes
Why did the Greeks build Parthenon for Athena?
As a gift for Athena
What values and abilities does the Parthenon reveal about Greeks?
The Parthenon stands as a sterling example of Balance, Symmetry, Harmony, and Proportion.
Why did the Greeks build the Parthenon on the Acropolis?
because they felt like it
Why did the Greeks build Parthenon without right angles?
they were weird
When did the Greeks build the Parthenon?
447 BC to 438 BC
What architectural pattern did Greeks use on the Parthenon?
they used mice
Which of the following was not built by the Romans Pantheon Column of Trajan Parthenon Colosseum?
The Parthenon was a temple on the acropolis of Athens and was built by the Greeks.
When was the Parthenon declared a world heritage site?
becaue it is special to the greeks
