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The Parthenon

ground. The entire Ionic frieze measures 524 English feet in length and just over 3 feet in height. This portion with the gods appears on three exceptionally long slabs of the 114 that make up the frieze, and their appearance in the central section of the east or major temple faade gives them special prominance, as does their large size in relation to the humans on the frieze. The frieze is isocephalic for both riding , standing, and seated figures; hence, if the gods rose from their seats they would be approximately 35 percent taller than the humans standing near them. In my conclusions I have found that not only were there one Parthenon but there were many. The Parthenon had been rebuilt several times in its existence. The information on the temple was very complete, but I found that there are many discrepancies in all of the writings on the Parthenon. There was much confusion on exactly how many columns there were; this being the only great confusion that I found. ...

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