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Unveiling secrets of Athens' architectural masterpiece.

If ancient history fascinates you, "The Parthenon Enigma" will captivate you with its fresh insights into the cultural and historical significance of the Parthenon. Joan Breton Connelly offers an intriguing approach that challenges traditional narratives, making it a thought-provoking read for anyone interested in classical antiquity and the enduring legacies of ancient civilizations.

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The Parthenon Enigma

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ISBN: 9780307593382
Publisher: Knopf
Date of Publication: 2014-01-28
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Philosophy, History, Art
Goodreads rating: 4.1
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Built in the fifth century b.c., the Parthenon has been venerated for more than two millennia as the West’s ultimate paragon of beauty and proportion. Since the Enlightenment, it has also come to represent our political ideals, the lavish temple to the goddess Athena serving as the model for our most hallowed civic architecture. But how much do the values of those who built the Parthenon truly correspond with our own? And apart from the significance with which we have invested it, what exactly did this marvel of human hands mean to those who made it? In this revolutionary book, Joan Breton Connelly challenges our most basic assumptions about the Parthenon and the ancient Athenians. Beginning with the natural environment and its rich mythic associations, she re-creates the development of the Acropolis—the Sacred Rock at the heart of the city-state—from its prehistoric origins to its Periklean glory days as a constellation of temples among which the Parthenon stood supreme. In particular, she probes the Parthenon’s legendary frieze: the 525-foot-long relief sculpture that originally encircled the upper reaches before it was partially destroyed by Venetian cannon fire (in the seventeenth century) and most of what remained was shipped off to Britain (in the nineteenth century) among the Elgin marbles. The frieze’s vast enigmatic procession—a dazzling pageant of cavalrymen and elders, musicians and
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Unveiling secrets of Athens' architectural masterpiece.

If ancient history fascinates you, "The Parthenon Enigma" will captivate you with its fresh insights into the cultural and historical significance of the Parthenon. Joan Breton Connelly offers an intriguing approach that challenges traditional narratives, making it a thought-provoking read for anyone interested in classical antiquity and the enduring legacies of ancient civilizations.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.