Background image: Phidias [Greek sculptor]. Parthenon: North Frieze, 447-432 BCE. For more information, visit the Reed Digital Collections.
The Parthenon was a grand temple to the goddess Athena, the patroness of the city of Athens. The first marble temple was constructed from ca. 490-480 and dismantled when Athens was sacked by the Persians. The building of the Parthenon was part of the Periclean building program for the Acropolis, which took the ancient center and transformed it into a new center of religion with a strong cohesiveness running through all the buildings. The Parthenon was the most striking building on the Acropolis, as it was the largest and one of the most central to Athenian religious life. It was built after the Persians were no longer a threat and glorifies city and people of Athens with its sculptures and design.
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