Athens built the Parthenon "...by misappropriating the treasury of the Delian League..." (p. 171)
"...winged Victories lined the balustrade before the sanctuary of Nike Apteros." (p. 172)
"...the two lingered at the Propylaea, its porticos, Ionics, Dorics, votive tablets in the Pinakotheka." (ibid.)
There is much more but breakfast is over and other tasks await.
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
VOTIVE tablets? I'm reminded of the tablets I've seen in the walls of Catholic and Anglican churches in England. Tablets placed there in memory of men lost in war, most often.
Sean
There's a full-scale replica of the Parthenon in Tennessee. It's extremely impressive.
Dear Mr. Stirling,
I thought of that, but I wasn't sure where the replica of the Parthenon was located. I'll be looking it up.
Sean
It's in the Centennial Park in Nashville; it was erected in 1897. Someday it will give archaeologists fits... 8-).
Dear Mr. Stirling,
Ha, ha!!! Maybe! And I did look up the replica of the Parthenon. The original replica was replaced with a concrete version in the 1920's.
Sean
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