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Parthenon

447–432 BCE · 5th century BCE

The Parthenon is the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis of Athens, built between 447 and 432 BCE under Pericles by the architects Ictinus and Callicrates, with sculpture supervised by Phidias. It later served as a church, a Latin cathedral and a mosque. In 1687 a Venetian shell ignited Ottoman gunpowder stored inside, destroying much of the building.

Parthenon
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Parthenon. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/parthenon
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