why did the parthenon have to be rebuilt Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/why-did-the-parthenon-have-to-be-rebuilt Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:43:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 THE PARTHENON GREECE http://toursmaps.com/the-parthenon-greece.html http://toursmaps.com/the-parthenon-greece.html#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:36:35 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=220992 KALLIKRATES AND IKTINOS By the middle of the 5th century bce Athens was the most powerful city in Greece and one of the major cultural centers of the ancient world. In 447 bce, the Athenians began to rebuild the temples on the Acropolis (the hill overlooking Athens), which had been badly damaged during wars with Persia. The largest new structure was the Parthenon, a temple to Athena, the city’s patron goddess. At the heart of the building, in the shrine known as the cella, was a huge statue of the goddess made of ivory and gold. Prized for its proportions

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