• (1975). The Parthenon Frieze, Oxford University Press. Roccos, L.J. The Kanephoros and her Festival Mantle in Greek Art, AJA 99, p. 641–66.
  • The frieze of the Parthenon forms a continuous band with scenes in relief that encircles the upper part of the cella, the main temple, within the outer colonnade.
  • All of the horsemen on the Parthenon frieze are clean, youthful, and beardless, showing their idealization in the eyes of those who commissioned the frieze.
  • Parts of the Parthenon frieze from the Acropolis have been in the possession of the British Museum for more than 200 years.
  • The Parthenon frieze, which runs on a continuous line around the exterior wall of the cella, is 1 meter high and 160 meters long.
  • More than 50% of the sculptures on the Parthenon’s frieze that were affixed to the roof also fell to the ground, along with the roof’s demise and the collapse of the...
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  • The placement of a frieze on the Parthenon, which was a Doric style temple, is the only exception in ancient Greek architecture.
  • The Parthenon frieze is a 160 meter long frieze that surrounded the upper part of the Parthenon cella in Athens.
  • The frieze of the Parthenon is a continuous band of sculpture in low relief which ran 11.9 metres (39 ft) above the pavement of the colonnade round the outer wall...