Introduction to the Ancient World: Greece

Fifth-Century Athens and its Monuments

I. Developments in Athens (cont'd from Lect. 18)

A. citizenship legislation, Aspasia; foreign expansion 
B. the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.); the Plague (427 B.C.); the Sicilian fiasco (414/413 B.C.; the "Battle" of Aigospotamoi (405 B.C.) 

II. The Parthenon (447-432 B.C.) on the Acropolis 

A. architecture; Doric, Ionic; curvature; classicism is not static  

B. metopes; Lapiths against Centaurs  

C. pediments  

1. east: birth of Athena
2. west: Poseidon vs. Athena  

D. the frieze: Panathenaic procession; peplos 

III. The Temple of Athena "Just Do It" Nike 

IV. The Erechtheum and the karyatid porch 

Welcome back! Exams will be returned today. Please pick them up pronto. Also remember to bring your texts of Oedipus at Colonus to class next time.

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