Architecture
Parthenon
Ictinos y Calícrates, 5th century BC
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Classical · chronological order 2
Where to see it
Acropolis
Athens · Greece
Temple to Athena Parthenos on the acropolis of Athens, commissioned by Pericles after the victory over the Persians. Built in Pentelic marble between 447 and 432 BC by the architects Ictinus and Callicrates, with Phidias supervising the sculpture. Its Doric columns swell very slightly (entasis) to correct an optical illusion: if they were straight, they would look pinched in at the middle.