Parthenon Definition

Parthenon Sentence Examples

• The name was subsequently applied to the cella, or eastern chamber, of the Parthenon, which is exactly ioo ft.

• The stateliest is the national monument to commemorate the victory of Waterloo, originally intended to be a reproduction of the Parthenon.

• The best preserved Greek temple in the world, it possesses no record of its origin; the style of its sculptures and architecture leads to the conclusion that it was built about the same time as the Parthenon; it seems to have been finished by 421 B.C. It has been known as the Theseum since the middle ages, apparently because some of its sculptures represent the exploits of Theseus, but the Theseum was an earlier sanctuary on the east of the Agora (see above).

• The Greeks in the design and proportions used in building the Parthenon from 448-432 B.C.

• Pericles likewise is responsible for the epoch-making splendour of Attic art in his time, for had he not so fully appreciated and given such free scope to the genius of Pheidias, Athens would hardly have witnessed the raising of the Parthenon and other glorious structures, and Attic art could not have boasted a legion of first-rate sculptors of whom Alcamenes, Agoracritus and Paeonius are only the chief names.