Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Pediment Detail, ca. 470-460 BCE
Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Pediment Detail, ca. 470-460 BCE
The Acropolis• Ca. 530 BCE Construction of the Archaic Acropolis• 490 BCE Victory of the Athenians over the Persians
at the battle of Marathon• 490 BCE Construction of the older Parthenon• 480 BCE Persian sack of Athens by Xerxes• 479 BCE Persians expelled from Athens• Oath of Plataia, Delian League• 447 BCE construction of the new Parthenon
The Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Model of the Acropolis
Iktinos and Kallikrates, The Parthenon, 447-432 BCE, Classical
Reconstruction of the Athena Parthenos
by Pheidias, 438 BCE
Phidias, The Ionic Frieze,Pan-Athenaic Procession
Phidias, Ionic Frieze, East end, Presentation of the Peplos to Athena
Phidias, Metopes, Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs
Phidias, East Pediment: The Pantheon, Birth of Athena
Phidias, West Pediment: The Contest between Athena and Poseidon
The Erectheion, 421-406 BCE
The Porch of the Maidens, 420-410 BCE
•Caryatids
Kallikrates, Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, 425 BCE
• Ionic Order
Pheidias, Nike adjusting her
sandal, Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, 410-405 BCE
•Parapet•Balustrade
Polykleitos the Younger, Theater, Classical, Epidauros, 350 BCE