Ancient Greece consisted of over 1,500 city-states with different social and political characteristics. One of the most influential city-states was Athens. The Acropolis, most holiest place in Athens has been in destruction since the Persian War. Multiple Athenians would like to rebuild the temple, in order to esteem the goddess, Athena. She is Greek virgin goddess of reason, intelligent activity, arts and literature. When the temple is constructed, they would like to name it, “The Parthenon”. How will Athens pay for the project? According to Pericles, leader of Council 500, the treasury money is going to be used in order to build the project. The treasury money is really supposed to be used in order to protect the city-states …show more content…
Spiro does want the Acropolis to be rebuilt. But at the same time, he thinks it’s not the time to spend money on expensive things. Spiro agrees that the money in the treasury isn't supposed to be used for building the Parthenon. Spiro quotes, “It was only been thirty years since the Persian War ended. The Persian king might be waiting for the right moment to attack us again.” Hector has a point. If the Persian King sees that the money in the treasury is all being wasted, then they’ll attack since the Greeks won't have any money to make supplies and other necessities.
Even though some people don't want the Parthenon to be built,there are others who highly disagree. Helena, wife and mother in Athens would like for the Parthenon to be built. She thinks that the Parthenon should be built for the religious festivals.Though it is nice to have the religious festivals, not everyone will be able to enjoy its indulgence.The treasury money used to all city-states is now is now being used for only the Athenians to admire.
To conclude, the Parthenon should not be constructed. If the Parthenon is built, not everyone will be able to awe in its beauty. Not everyone will be able to attend it’s religious festivals.Spiro and Hector and 2 people in Athens who want to help save the utre of Athens. They want to protect it from
Parts of the sculptures that used to belong to the Parthenon are now residing within Britain’s Museum, and Christopher Hitchens argues that they be returned to Greece through his work entitled “The Lovely Stones.” Hitchens builds his argument by utilizing a short history of the incident and rhetorical questions.
At the end of the Persian wars, Athens materialized along with Sparta as the two leading powers in the Greek world. As Athens grew in confidence, their promotion of ‘Athenianism’, was a bid to place Athens as leader of its empire. This growing confidence is demonstrated in the building programme during the 440’s and 430’s B.C.E, such as the Parthenon. As Robson states, ‘[t]he Parthenon and its sculptures can certainly be viewed as celebrating Athens’ spiritual life, military prowess, and cultural pre-eminence’ (Robson, ECW, p. 99). This can be seen as architectural evidence of mounting self-belief, for example, the south freeze of the Parthenon; to modern day interpretation undoubtedly depicts the battle at Marathon. Seen as a promotion of Athenian military ascendancy and coupled with the attitude of superiority over other Greek states, this combined campaign instigated tension with Sparta, inspiring the first Peloponnesian war.
The Parthenon was built to house the goddess Athena, but was first used as a treasury. There is some symbolism to its location as the acropolis on which the temple is sited, was also the place other temples had been, but the Athenians rebuilt after the Persian wars and the Parthenon was according to this week’s reading from Reed College, one of those structures built ‘to commemorate their victory and in gratitude to heaven’ (n.d, Reed College)
Pericles describes Athens greatness by saying, "our city as a whole is a lesson for Greece." He not only has great things to say about the city but can be seen since there in view around them is the glory of Athens, its great buildings. He puts emotions into the people by describing the vast empire, the ancestors and forefathers who fought and made it bigger, their daily achievements in making it even greater. It sounds like an Athens that was built through generations of hard work and is this great strong city. Pericles says, "For Athens is the only power now that is greater than her fame when it comes to test" (43). This quote nor many of the feelings ...
So to conclude, I believe that national pride was hugely important in the building of the Parthenon, and although it seems that religion took a lower priority, it may have been just as important as national pride in the building of the Parthenon. Bibliography - Books = == ==
Pericles began the construction of the Parthenon in 447, partially funded by the Delian League. It cost him five thousand talents in the first year of its construction, which is equivalent to three billion American dollars today, and took less than fifteen years to
The Pantheon and the Parthenon are two of the most influential building in history. They share some basic styles, pillars, pediment and frieze, even though they share these elements they are vastly different on each building. The Pantheon shows how with the advancement in technology bigger, stronger thing can be built. The Greeks however show great craftsmanship in the Parthenon, with its carvings and reliefs. The fact that these building are standing today is a testament to genius of both the Romans and the Greeks
English American author and journalist, Christopher Eric Hitchens, asserts his opinion on the unification, or lack thereof, of the Parthenon in his adaptation of his essay, “The Lovely Stones,” published in the July of 2009. Hitchens informs his readers, the modern youth, about the importance of this topic, and wants said readers to sympathize with his point and to do something to fix a travesty. Hitchens conveys a disappointed then hopeful tone to highlight his desire for a unification of the scattered pieces of the Parthenon. Hitchens also uses anecdotes from the Parthenon’s history to fortify the importance of this union.
Debate over the Parthenon Sculptures has raged since well before they were removed from the building itself. As Dr. Williams recounted in his lecture, the Parthenon has a much more storied past than it is often given credit for. At various times it has been used as a church, a mosque, and finally, as a storeroom for the gunpowder of the Ottoman garrison occupying the city of Athens. It was in this fin...
Possibly one of the greatest testaments to the Greeks passion for their gods is the Acropolis and Parthenon in Athens, Greece. “. . . temple after temple, each more gorgeous and more perfect than the one before, rose all over the Greek main land, to reach a final climax in the Athenian Parthenon . . .” (Hamlin 124). Here Hamlin explains the greatness of what was achieved in Athens at the Acropolis and how nothing beyond that point could compare.
The Parthenon was built to honor the goddess of wisdom, Athena. When structures are built using straight lines they tend to look slightly distorted due to the science of optics. The architects Iktos and Kallikretes were skilled architects of their time and they used illusory tactics to create an ideal aesthetic for The Parthenon. The architects compensated for these visual illusions by counteracting them in their design. The end result is a structure that is not composed of straight lines, but when viewed by the human eye, looks perfectly straight. Plato would have mentioned one of his famous dictums, ?That which changes least is most real.? He would have viewed Iktos and Kallikretes designs as less real than other designs that do not u...
The Parthenon was the focus point, it was supposed to drawn in the most people. To this day the Parthenon draws in a large amount of people from all over the world. The Parthenon was built between 447-432 BCE. It costs the city 469 talents. The Parthenon is mostly Doric columns with a few ionic to draw attention to certain areas. The back room of the Parthenon was said to house Athena’s treasure while the front room holds the statue of Athena. The Parthenon was built so anyone that walks through the arch way will be able to see all angles and inside the Parthenon to see the statues and the details of the
The Parthenon was an amazing and important temple. Dedicated to Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom, it was a very important temple to the Greeks. Greeks worshiped all of their gods by building temples for them and giving sacrifices. Most of the sacrifices were sacred tiles designed especially for the gods, not many were human.
...ory of the contest between Athena and Poseidon to claim Athens, in which Athena won and thus being worshipped by people (Hyginus, pp. 264). Therefore, the Parthenon was built to dedicate to Athena, their virgin patron.
Ancient Greek Theater is the first historical record of “drama,” which is the Greek term meaning “to do” or “to act.” Beginning in the 5th century BC, Greek Theater developed into an art that is still used today. During the golden age of the Athenians plays were created, plays that are considered among the greatest works of world drama. Today there are thousands of well-known plays and films based on the re-make of ancient drama.