Athens city heritage classical era

The temple was sacred to two aspects of the Greek Goddess Athena, Athena Polios ("of the city") and Athena Parthenos ("young maiden"). The "on" ending means "place of", so "Parthenon" means "Place of the Parthenos". The temple was almost seventy meters long and thirty-one meters wide (230 x 100 ft). Fourty-six columns surrounded the inner cellae, one of which housed an enormous statue of goddess Athena.

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