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The Parthenon
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Mary Beard
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-09 - Publisher: Profile Books

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The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre.
The Parthenon Enigma
Language: en
Pages: 512
Authors: Joan Breton Connelly
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-28 - Publisher: Vintage

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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 t
The Elgin Marbles
Language: en
Pages: 164
Authors: Christopher Hitchens
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Verso

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The Elgin Marbles, designed and executed by Phidias to adorn the Parthenon, are some of the most beautiful sculptures of ancient Greece. In 1801 Lord Elgin, the
The Parthenon, Revised Edition
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Mary Beard
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Praise for the previous edition: "Wry and imaginative, this gem of a book deconstructs the most famous building in Western history." ÐBenjamin Schwarz, The Atl
The Parthenon
Language: en
Pages: 48
Authors: Susan Woodford
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1981-06-11 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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An introduction to the History of the Parthenon: How the Parthenon came to be built, how the Greeks worshipped their Gods and Goddesses and the history of Parth