Persian defeat: Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy and Nike, the goddess of victory. Content: Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. This temple was built on a large Asia Minor (present day Turkey). Hellenistic mountain in Turkey and carved of Greek. c. 75 B.C.E. Marble (architecture and marble. sculpture) It has a massive relief around the Pegamonaltar.jpeg base This frieze is over 7 feet tall. This temple was constructed much differently than traditional Greek temples. The structure included a higher staircase and two arm-like structures of the temple coming forward from the main cella. The temple also includes a massive frieze with large, high relief sculptures and colonnades. Context: This temple was built near the end of the Greek empire, explaining the unconventionalities from the classical Greek architecture. The lower frieze also was a new development in the temple's construction. It is too large and too low to be compared to the friezes on the Parthenon or other Greek structures. The size and location of the frieze may have been made for the intention of displaying the figures. The friezes are very elaborate stories of war, victory, and domination. (http://www.cram.com/user/jsalka) The altar symbolizes power and Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. depicts godly events, especially Asia Minor (present day Turkey). Hellenistic surrounding Zeus and Athena. Greek. c. 75 B.C.E. Marble (architecture and sculpture)
Persian defeat: Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy and Nike, the goddess of victory. Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Asia Minor (present day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek. c. 75 B.C.E. Marble (architecture and sculpture) Pegamonaltar.jpeg Content: This temple was built on a large mountain in Turkey and carved of marble. It has a massive relief around the base This frieze is over 7 feet tall. This temple was constructed much differently than traditional Greek temples. The structure included a higher staircase and two arm-like structures of the temple coming forward from the main cella. The temple also includes a massive frieze with large, high relief sculptures and colonnades. Context: This temple was built near the end of the Greek empire, explaining the unconventionalities from the classical Greek architecture. The lower frieze also was a new development in the temple's construction. It is too large and too low to be compared to the friezes on the Parthenon or other Greek structures. The size and location of the frieze may have been made for the intention of displaying the figures. The friezes are very elaborate stories of war, victory, and domination. (http://www.cram.com/user/jsalka) Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Asia Minor (present day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek. c. 75 B.C.E. Marble (architecture and sculpture) The altar symbolizes power and depicts godly events, especially surrounding Zeus and Athena.
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