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Présentation. The importance of the Elgin Marbles Parthenon Frieze and its symbolism. Illustrated guided tour of the Parthenon Frieze with groundbreaking research deriving from computer analysis of the classical literature and reference to the complete copy of the Parthenon Frieze at Hammerwood Park.

The importance of the Elgin Marbles Parthenon Frieze and its symbolism

I have tried to determine the interpretation of the Frieze, which is not adequately explained elsewhere. As an integral part of the building it has to be read not as mere decoration but as potent and sacred symbolism. I have tried to enter the mindset of the ancient Greeks and I beleive the result is capable of great educational value. Were I an ancient Greek in the Panatheic Procession, what would I be thinking as we visited first the temple of Hephaestus on our way to the temple on the Acropolis of Athena herself, passing through the eastern doorway surmounted by the East Frieze depicting the Gods sitting on stools except Zeus on a chair, and finding within the respendant Athena facing the rising sun atop a podium depicting the birth of Pandora?

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