In the book, The Parthenon (1972), it is written that the Parthenon is . The author believes that under the aegis of Cimon, hiring Kallikrates as architect, the outer colonnade had already been done, and even some of the metopes now on the Parthenon had been carved for this earlier temple. When Pericles received power after Cimon’s death in 450, a new and more ambitious plan was conceived (Ashmole, 1972). Pheidias was in charge of the whole work, working as an overseer of the temple’s sculptural decoration. He controlled and directed everything and his main work would be the statue of Athena in the cella. For the Parthenon, two architects were appointed, Iktinos, who assisted, Kallicrates, who maybe played the role of contractor, supervising
