of the sumptuous sculptural decoration survive only parts of the west pediment featuring in relief the fight of the amazons (or amazonomachy, a usual motif for the iconography at the time). the centre was occupied by athena and is partially preserved, depicting her trunk with the gorgoneion on the thorax; a superb work of art is the complex of theseus and antiope marked by sensitivity and softness of the form, internal force and clarity, despite the ornamental tendency obvious in the coiffures and the folds of their clothes. these sculptures are impregnated by the rules of archaic plasticity; the analogies are rendered in an innovative manner, a precursor to the idealization and the force of the classical art. the entire composition supposedly featured chariots to athena's right and left, one chariot presumably carrying theseus and antiope, while hercules might ride the other, and the picture could be complemented by fighting amazons and a dead warrior. the east pediment possibly narrated the gigantomachy (fight of the giants). the details of the faces and the clothes were coloured, thus rendering the depiction more vivid. fragmented sculptures that may be part of the temple after the destruction by the persians (warrior, amazon and athena's trunk) have been located in rome. today are visible only the foundations of the post-archaic temple, as well as remains of the geometric temples uncovered in lower deposits.