| Parthenon on Athenian Acropolis | A
Doric and Ionic temple from Parthenon period (447-432 B.C.), classical moment;
architectural features designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates, cult statue
made by Pheidias, and architectural sculptures probably designed by Pheidias. Plutarch, Life of Pericles 13.1.4 ff.: [4] His (Pericles') general manager and general overseer was Pheidias, although the several works had great architects and artists besides. Of the Parthenon, for instance, with its cella of a hundred feet in length, Callicrates and Ictinus were the architects. Vitruvius 7, Praef. 12: Iktinos and Karpion [wrote a volume] about the Doric temple of Athena which is on the Acropolis in Athens. |