The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis in Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered among the high points of classical Greek art, and the building endures as a symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilization, and democracy.
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Why this is disputed. The Parthenon is the most cited claimed example of the golden ratio in ancient building, but the claim is contested: the proportion is not attested in any surviving Greek building text, and critics argue it is read into measurements after the fact rather than found in them. Ruling on record: this is Status debated, not asserted as fact.
Source Misconceptions about the Golden RatioGeorge Markowsky
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Ancient sources name Ictinus and Callicrates as co-architects; Callicrates is not separately entered in this atlas.
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The Doric order, with Ionic elements inside.
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1. Parthenon (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead section
The Parthenon (; Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, romanised: Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, romanised: Parthenónas [parθeˈnonas]) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
2. Parthenon (Wikidata)
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Wikidata item Q10288, property P2048 (height): 13.72 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
3. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.britannica.com/topic/Parthenon, 5th-century-BCE overview section
The Parthenon is the centrepiece of a 5th-century-BCE building campaign on the Acropolis in Athens. Constructed during the High Classical period, it is generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order, the simplest of the three Classical Greek architectural orders. The temple's harmonic proportions, precise construction, and lifelike sculptures have been celebrated and emulated for thousands of years. The Parthenon is often regarded as a monument to democracy, which was founded in Athens during this period, as well as a tribute to the Athenians' victory in the Greco-Persian Wars (492-449 BCE).
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George Markowsky, The College Mathematics Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1992Associated With: The Golden Ratio in Architecture, Section on the Parthenon width-to-height claim
Ictinus (Wikipedia)
Designed By: Ictinus, Ictinus, works sectionQuote, Designed By: Ictinus, Ictinus, works section
co-architects of the Parthenon
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