CLAS 3P25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Parthenon Frieze, Lapiths, Greco-Persian Wars
3 Feb 2017
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Ionic elements: 6 columns or porch instead of usual 2 (eg: temple of zeus at. Olympia : 4 ionic columns in west room. Inner ionic frieze encircles cella: blending of orders= symbolic. The west side would be the first side you see but its not the most important side: pediments: two athenian foundation myths, metopes: larger pan-greek myth/war experiences, frieze: local and detailed athenian ritual experience. Surviving piece of greek art that gives us a lot to talk about: 92 metopes: themes. The other: order over chaos = symbolic references to persian. East: gods vs. giants = gigantochomy (common scene) = chaotic gods, power of the olympic gods (order rationality) against the titans (chaotic gods) South: lapiths vs. centaurs = non-human and barbarians. West: greeks vs. amazons = asiatic women (need to be repressed, tells a story of repelling a foreign barbarian from their soil. Generally always referring to the persians: south metopes: best preserved series.
