Detail from the western frieze of the Parthenon. British Museum, London Photograph by Josse/Scala, Florence In 1687, during a war fought between Venice and the Ottomans, the great monument was ...

The activities and lesson plans developed for this Web site comprise a multidisciplinary unit that uses television, the Internet, and other resources as learning tools to explore and understand ...

Q: The sculptures within the Parthenon also seem to clearly pay tribute to the human form. Hurwit: Yes, and to the Athenians in particular. I think this is best expressed in the frieze that ...

5, No. 1, Mar., 1889 The Newly Discovered Head of Iris from t... The Newly Discovered Head of Iris from the Frieze of the Parthenon This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section.

E ver since the early 19th century, when Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin, sawed off and crowbarred many of the carvings ...

The Fagan Fragment, a piece of the eastern frieze of the Parthenon, was part of the archaeological collection of the former British consul Robert Fagan. Its return to Greece was made possible ...

One of the great monuments of world culture—a temple garlanded with masterful carvings—the Parthenon was designed ... single panels within the larger frieze, narrate mythological battles ...