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high. The cclla, or temple proper, is 194 feet long, and 69|
feet wide, with six columns at each (3) * A METOPE FROM SOUTH OF
THE PARTHENON. (British Museum ) end, 33 feet in height.
Opposite the outermost columns at each end are antw, formed by
the prolongation of the side walls of the Kella (sie plan of
acropolis). Along the tup of the outer wall of the cello, ran a
continuous frieze, 524 feet in length, with representations of
the Panathenaic procession goddess, wrought in gold and ivory,
the masterpiece of Phidias (cp. athene, neat the end). The
western chamber of tht cella was fronted by a portico, and was
called by the special name of the Parthi-non. [Within this
smaller chamber were kept vessels for use in the sacred
processions, with various small articles of gold or silver.
Modern writers have hitherto generally identified this small
chamber with the SpisthodomOs (lit. back-chamber), which was
used as the treasury, or State bank, of Athens