PPT-THE PARTHENON

Athens Greece Bret MacIver Period 3 Parthenon Erected between 447432 BCE It was dedicated to Athena Pallas or Parthenos virgin Its main function was to house a statue of Athena Made out of gold and ivory. Structural Engineering: . From the Beginning. Professor Martin Fahey. Head, School of Civil & Resource Engineering. University of . Western Australia. (. e-mail: . fahey@civil.uwa.edu.au. ). Newgrange, Ireland, 3200 BC. GREEK ARCHITECTURE. ACROPOLIS. A . HIGH CITY 500 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. CONSTRUCTED DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS. Site plan of the Acropolis at Athens. 1 Parthenon. 3 . Erechtheum. 5 . Sophia Sutter 8B. History of The Old Bloomington Courthouse. The 3rd courthouse was built in 1868 by the architect Cochrane and the French designer Piquenard. On June 19,1900, there was a great fire of Bloomington most of the buildings went down in flames but the courthouse was only partially damaged.. By . Emily. . and . Caitlin. Why was the Parthenon built?. The Parthenon was built to honor the Greek Goddess named Athena. This temple was built so people could worship and give her thanks. People would sacrifice weapons and animals in this temple for her liking.. 1. Peripteral. Greek Temple. Cella(naos)-room inside temple that housed the cult statue of deity. Pronaos-front porch that came before the cella, open. Opisthodomos-rear porch, decorative, for symmetry purposes. Ancient Greece. Credit: Katie Brown, Wendy Born. Shuksan Middle School. Greece. . Description: . A country in Southeast Europe.. Sentence. : My family is traveling to . Greece. this summer!. Example: . and Assemblies of the Gods . Timelines. http://department.monm.edu/classics/Courses/Chronology.htm. http://chaos1.hypermart.net/fullsize/artancfs.gif. http://chaos1.hypermart.net/fullsize/artrenfs.gif. Vocabulary. Parthenon Athena frieze procession. Amphora caryatid Acropolis. They have three main columns. The Doric, Ionic and the Corinthian.. GREEK ARCHITECTURE. Latin definition. Latin. Politicus. was an adjective that was used to describe anything “of the state”.  . Function and importance of Political Science. “The function of political science is to discover the principles that should be adhered to in public affairs that eventually would serve as a model that can be applied to matters of urgent concern to public officials and to private citizens.”. Coloured. as it was at its peak. WHERE IS IT? WHAT WAS IT?. The . Parthenon is a . temple. on the . Athenian Acropolis. , . Greece. , dedicated to the . goddess. . Athena. , whom the people of . Athens. and I’ll tell you who you are”. Greek and Roman Architecture. Greek Architecture. Temples- the home of the deity. Theaters- attendance was mandatory. Unfortunately, only ruins remain of most of it.. Doric . Ionic. Corinthian. Temple Architecture. Cult statue was kept in the . cella. with access restricted to priests (similar to Egypt and Mesopotamia). Rectangular. Very organized. Columns part of post and lintel construction. Religion. Politics. Economics. Social Structures. Geography. Achievements. 800-700 BC. : . Monarchies begin to be replaced by Aristocratic Republics. Archaic Period 800 BC - 500 BC. 621 BC:. . Draco's code of law - Athens.. The Parthenon. Vocabulary check!. p. arthenos. (. παρθένος. ). = . maiden/girl . This was one of the names of the goddess Athena to whom the temple is dedicated!. acropolis. (. ἀκρόπολις.