A guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum (1899)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Smith, A. H. (Arthur Hamilton), 1860-1941 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 28
which was burnt in the sack of Athens by the Persians,B.C. 480, or whether they belong to a structure begun but nevercompleted after the Persian wars. Like the earlier temple, theParthenon was of the Doric order of architecture, and was of theform teraied peripteral octastyle; that is to say, it… … PEDIMENT CONTEST OFATHENE AND POSEIDON ^c » Vr^s^InB M O 10 20 30 40 50 FEET Fig. 4.—Plaii^of the Parthenon, (.\fler Doerpfdd: 16 EJgin Boom. which is exliil>itecl in this room. A view is given in fig. 3. Seealso the plan (fig. 4) and the sectional elevation (fig. 5). Theprincipal chamber (ceUa)…
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