Directory of Parthenon Resources

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The Parthenon was the first monument of the Periclean programme for the Acropolis in Athens.

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• Callicrates

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• British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles

  http://www.parthenonuk.com/
  Dedicated to securing the return of the Elgin Marbles to the new Acropolis Museum in Athens. Includes a history of the marbles taken from the Acropolis and reconstructions of the Parthenonon.

• Elgin Marbles: Parthenon Frieze

  http://www.hammerwood.mistral.co.uk/elgin.htm
  David Pinnegar's novel analysis of the frieze and the meaning of the Parthenon itself, arguing that the marbles should be reunited with existing sections in Athens.

• Elginism

  http://www.elginism.com/
  News and information on the campaign for the restitution of the Elgin Marbles to the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, and the restitution of other artworks to their country of origin.

• Great Buildings Online: The Parthenon

  http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Parthenon.html
  Description, images and 3D model of this monument by Ictinus and Callicrates with Phidias architect, at Athens, Greece, built -477 to -438.

• Parthenon Frieze

  http://www.ekt.gr/parthenonfrieze/
  The National Documentation Centre of Greece provides photographs of all restored stones of the Parthenon frieze from the British, Louvre and Acropolis museums, with a detailed description and history.

• Parthenon Frieze

  http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/parthenon/flash/main.htm
  A site from Columbia University that provides images and descriptive text about the frieze at the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.

• Parthenon International

  http://www.parthenoninternational.org/
  An organisation of 17 committees from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA that are committed to the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Athens.

• Parthenon Marbles

  http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/marbles/
  Ian Swindale and his students in Crete present the history of the magnificent frieze and sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens and the campaign to return to Greece those now in the British Museum.

• Wikipedia: Parthenon

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon
  Illustrated article from the collaborative online encyclopedia.

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