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    The Parthenon was an ancient temple built in Athens in the 5th century BC dedicated to the goddess Athena. It served as both a treasury housing a large statue of Athena and also as a Christian church and Islamic mosque later on. In the 1600s, damage was caused by an ammunition dump explosion inside the building. The architects designed the exterior with careful geometry and proportions to effortlessly prepare viewers for the beautiful interior statue of Athena.

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    The Parthenon was an ancient temple built in Athens in the 5th century BC dedicated to the goddess Athena. It served as both a treasury housing a large statue of Athena and also as a Christian church and Islamic mosque later on. In the 1600s, damage was caused by an ammunition dump explosion inside the building. The architects designed the exterior with careful geometry and proportions to effortlessly prepare viewers for the beautiful interior statue of Athena.

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    The Parthenon was an ancient temple built in Athens in the 5th century BC dedicated to the goddess Athena. It served as both a treasury housing a large statue of Athena and also as a Christian church and Islamic mosque later on. In the 1600s, damage was caused by an ammunition dump explosion inside the building. The architects designed the exterior with careful geometry and proportions to effortlessly prepare viewers for the beautiful interior statue of Athena.

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    The Parthenon was an ancient temple built in Athens, Greece in the 5th century BC dedicated to the goddess Athena. It has since been used for other religious purposes and was damaged by an explosion in the 1600s.

    The Parthenon originally served as a treasury for the city of Athens and housed a large statue of the goddess Athena.

    The architects of the Parthenon purposefully used geometry and adjustments in measurements to achieve aesthetic and optical effects in its design and columns.

    THE PARTHENON

    A study in Greek Geometry


    THE PARTHENON TODAY:
    WHAT IS THE PARTHENON?
     The Parthenon is an ancient temple of the Greek
    goddess Athena. It was built in the 5th century B.C. in
    Athens, Greece. The building first served as a treasury
    and housed a large statue of the goddess Athena. It has
    been used as a Christian church, and an Islamic mosque
    as well.
     In the 1600’s, an ammunition dump that was housed in
    the building ignited and caused most of the damage that
    we see today.

    Source: Wilikpedia.com
    SOME MORE INFORMATION
     The Parthenon was constructed not only to be a temple
    to the goddess Athena and to house her “treasures”, but
    also to be aesthetically pleasing.
     In ancient Greece, people never entered the temple, but
    could only see glimpses into the inside of the temple,
    where they could see a gigantic gold and ivory statue of
    Athena.
     The architects designed the exterior in a way that would
    effortlessly prepare the viewer on the outside for the
    beautiful statue of Athena on the inside.

    Source:: http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/parthenon.html
     The designers also used math to make sure that the
    Parthenon was worthy of the goddess Athena. Example:
    the columns on each corner of the temple were built to
    be 6 cm larger in diameter than the other columns AND
    the space around them 25cm smaller because they
    would be viewed with the sky as the background, which
    would make them appear smaller. They wanted them to
    appear to be the same size as the other columns.
    Hence, the adjustment.

    Source: http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/parthenon.html
    This is a column of the Parthenon. It is in the shape
    of a cylinder. To find the volume (which would be
    the amount of the stone needed), I would need to
    first find the radius of the base. Then I would need
    to know the height of the column.
    Once I know these measurements, all I need to do
    is square the radius then multiply by pi and the
    height.

    Example (this is for extra credit):


    height is 34 feet, and the radius is 3 feet.
    V = 32 * p * 34 = 961.33 ft 3
    Picture courtesy of blog.lib.umn.edu, ftp://ftp.nashville.org/web/parthenon/measure.pdf
    This is the floor plan of the
    Parthenon. It is a rectangle.
    To find the area of this
    rectangle, I need to multiply
    the length and the width
    together.

    Example (only for extra credit):


    length is 228 feet and width is 101 feet.
    Area = 228 * 101 = 23028 ft2
    Source: academic..reed.edu, ftp://ftp.nashville.org/web/parthenon/measure.pdf
    CONTINUATION
     To finish this project, I would need to show three more
    parts of the Parthenon, and explain the perimeter of
    one and the surface area of another, plus a
    measurement of my choosing for the last one.

     Students, enjoy!

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