



Photo by George Higgins Moses 



THE: EAST FRONT OF THE PARTHENON 



The Parthenon is the diamond among all the world's gems of architecture. This 

 exquisitely beautiful and harmonious creation was the design of the architects Ictinus and 

 Callicrates, and was dedicated to Athena in 438 B. C. The great beauty of the lines of the 

 building lies in the subtleness of its curves, there being, in point of fact, no straight lines in 

 the entire structure. The steps rise in a gentle billow from end to end ; the columns bulge 

 infinitesimally in the middle; everywhere the eye rests on the exquisite beauty of a delicate 

 curve. 



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