View of the Acropolis of Athens.	Reconstructed views of the Acropolis in the 5th c. B.C.
	Portrait of Pericles
	Parthenon, designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates, c. 447-432 B.C.
"Basilica", Temple of Hera I, c. 550, Paestom.
Plan of the Parthenon.
Polykleitos, Doryphoros, c. 450-440 B.C.
Reconstruction drawing of the interior of the Parthenon.	Marble copy of the cult statue of Athena by Phidias. 360 degree view of the Varvakion statuette.
Reconstruction of the Athena Parthenos made by Alan LeQuire and housed at the Parthenon replica in Nashville, Tennessee.
View of the entablature of the exterior of the Parthenon.	Metope of the Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs, c. 447-432 B.C.
Metope of the Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs, c. 447-432 B.C.
View of the Ionic Frieze of the Panathenaic procession.
Riders in the Panathenaic Procession.	Riders in the Procession.
Sacrificial animals.	Mean bearing hydras.
Group of Maidens.
Group of seated Gods.	Donation of the peplos to the chief priest.
Reconstruction of the West Pediment	"Three Fates," from the East Pediment of the Parthenon (Birth of Athena).

Pericles (c. 500-429 B.C.)- great Athenian statesman. He dominated Athens by his persuasive oratory, by his character, and by his policy. So great was his authority that the period of his power came to be known as the Age of Pericles. He associated with men of culture (Protagoras, Phidias, Sophocles, Herodotus). His political objective was to make Athens an ideal democracy, and establish its political and cultural supremacy over the other Greek city-states.

Panathenaic procession- a festival in honor of Athena which was held every year and with special splendor every fourth year. The festival culminated on the last day in a magnificent procession, in which the peplos, cloak, was carried to Athena's temple on the Acropolis, and placed on her statue. The festival seems to have been of immemorial antiquity. Its foundation is ascribed to the legendary king Erectheus.

Parthenon: A Gallery of Images

METOPES: Battle of Gods and Giants, Battle of Greeks and Amazons, Battle of Greeks and Trojans, Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs.

FRIEZE: Panathenaic procession.

PEDIMENTS: East: Birth of Athena; WEST: Contest between Athena and Poseidon over control of Athens.

Sophocles, Antigone:
There are many wonders, but none more wondrous than man....This resourceful, skillful man. He masters with his inventions the free-roaming beast of the mountains, and the shaggy-maned horse, broken for the bit, harnessed about the neck, and the untiring mountain bull....