Ancient Greek Parathion

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The Parathion is a temple that was dedicated to the city's deity, Athena. The temple was created to place the new statue of Athena created by Pheidias and to show the glory of Athens to the whole world. They built it after the Greeks had defeated the Persians because they said Athena helped them win. The construction for the temple began in 447 B.C.E. and took nine years to build. The Parathion is considered to be best example of Doric-Style building. The Golden Age was also the age of classical art. That’s art from this era. Things such as paintings, pottery and architecture from the Golden Age are considered classical art. The origin of Greek theater began in Athens with performances of tragedies at religious festivals. During the spring

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