Statues+Of+The+Parthenon+HanaAndNiamh

=  =  __Metopes Of The Western Side__

The Western Metopes depict the battle between the Greeks and the Amazons who were a mythical all female warriors.



__Metopes Of The Northern Side __

The Metopes of the Northern side show sculptures of the the Trojan war. The story of the Trojan war, which is explained n great detail in the Iliad, is about the prince of Troy (Paris) stealing away Helen, Menelaus's wife who is the king of Sparta.

 = The Statue Of Athena =

The statue of Athena was sculpted by Phidias, the head sculptor, in the chryselephantine method. This method consisted of a scaffolding of wood to support the ivory and a thick layer of gold on the outside. The statue of Athena was housed in the naos of the Parthenon with a pool of water in front of her to keep the humidity up which prevented the ivory form cracking. The statue was placed in a darkened room so that you could only see the simmering golden dress and her ivory skin, the pool also caught the light of the statue illuminating her further.



=The Pediments = The West pediment is the first pediment you see even though it is the back of the temple. The west pediment shows the contest between Poseidon and Athena for the patronage of Athens.

The East pediment shows the amazing birth of Athena from Zeus's head. All the Gods and Goddesses gathered for her birth.

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