Parthenon materials and sculptures

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Parthenon materials

22,000 tons of Pentelic marble from mt. Pentelicus

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Parthenon measurements

Around 31 × 70 metres

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Statue of Athena height

12 metres

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Statue of Athena materials

Wood, ivory, and 1140 kilos of gold

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Pediments

Contain 50 in the round sculptures and a lion head on each end

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West Pediment Depictions

Depicts contest between Athena and Poseidon over Athens

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East Pediment depictions

Depicts the birth of Athena

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Metopes

92 slabs measuring 1.25 × 1.2 metres each, each carved in high relief

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East metopes

Depicts Olympian gods fighting goats for control of the univers

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West metopes

Depicts Greeks fighting Amazons

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North Metopes

Depicts the fall of Troy

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South metopes

Depicts Greeks fighting Centaurs

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frieze measurements

160 metres long and almost 1 metre tall

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Frieze carvings

380 figures and 220 animals, overlapping across 115 slabs

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Frieze subject

Panathenaic Procession

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Frieze materials

Marble, bronze for 3d additions, coloured glass for eyes