Ancient Greek – The Parthenon Frieze

Parathenon Frieze – Ancient Greek Sculpture

The most characteristic feature in the architecture and decoration of the temple is the Ionic frieze running around the exterior walls of the cella. The Parthenon Frieze is the low relief, pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenon’s naos. The bas-relief frieze was carved, sculpted  between ca. 443 and 438 BC.  It is ideal for your ancient art and museum replica interior decor. The Parthenon, Athens Greece, 5th century B.C. This fragment is part of the Panathenaic Procession Frieze that originally encircled the cella (the most sacred part) of the Parthenon Temple atop the Acropolis of Athens. The frieze was 500 feet long and 3 feet high.