Parthenon Gallery

Relief sculpture from the Parthenon Frieze

Relief sculpture from the Parthenon Frieze of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Depicted: pilgrims and worshippers at the Panathenaia, the largest annual religious festival in ancient Athens

© Lebrecht

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Restoration of the Acropolis, Athens

Depiction of the acropolis in ancient Athens, with the Propylaea, the bronze statue of Athena Promachos and the Erechteion, temple of the tutelary goddess Athena Polias. On the other side the temple of Nike and the Parthenon

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Acropolis, Ancient, Athena, Athens, Bronze, City, Depiction, Entrance, Erechteion, Gate, Gateway, Greece, Greek, Mar16, Nike, Parthenon, Polias, Promachos, Propylaea, Reconstruction, Statue, Temple, Temples

Parthenon frieze, effects of a century of decay

The Parthenon frieze: effects of a century of decay. Plaster casts of parts of the frieze left in place on the temple made for Lord Elgin in 1801 compared with how it was in 1929 after a century of exposure to the weather and other damaging forces. Date: 1929

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

1929, Casts, Century, Damage, Damaged, Decay, Deteriorated, Deterioration, Effects, Exposure, Frieze, Parthenon, Plaster, Relief, Temple