Transcript Model of the Acropolis - University of California, Irvine

Model of the Acropolis
Parthenon, Acropolis, Kallikrates and Iktinos
(architects), 447 - 432 BCE, Classical Period, marble
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The Great Panathenaia were celebrated every
four years at the month of Hecatombaion (end
of July and beginning of August) and lasted
more than eight days (the small Panathenaia
were celebrated every year).
The procession was formed at the Dipylon
gate and following the Panathenaic way,
which was crossing the Agora, ended in
Acropolis.
It was followed by the delivery of Peplos by a
maiden to the archon king. Sacrifice of a
hundred oxen (Hecatombaion) and feast
Marshals and Young Women, detail of the Procession, from the Ionic
frieze on the east side of the Parthenon, 447 - 432 - BCE, Classical Period,
marble
Parthenon FRIEZE
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Ran around the Parthenon inside the peristyle.
A masterpiece of the sculptor Phidias,
Depicted - on a surface with a total length of 160
meters - the most important religious ceremony to
take place in Athens: the Panathenaic Procession.
The Great Panathenaea was a festival held every
four years in honor of Athena Polias
The festival culminated with the symbolic
endowment of the wooden cult statue of Athena
Polias in the Erechtheum with a new robe.
From the left, Poseidon, Apollo and Artemis watch the
presentation of the 'peplos' (=robe) to the statue of Athena.
A youth leading a cow to sacrifice
from the Parthenon's north frieze.
Cavalry from the Parthenon Frieze,
West II, 2-3, British Museum.
Weavers section of the frieze, East
Louvre
A portion of the Parthenon frieze. Chariot and apobates (slaves
riding the chariot horses) are depicted as part of the Panathenaic
Procession.
Young pitcher bearers (hydriaphoroi) from the
Parthenon frieze
Procession of guards from the Apadana, Persepolis, 1st
half 5th C., inspiration for the Parthenon Frieze?