Metopes and reliefs on the west pediment of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Photo: DeAgostini / Getty Images.

The Parthenon was built in the fifth century BCE (between 447-438 BCE) ... The west pediment depicts the triumph of Athena over Poseidon for the right to be the protector of Athens.

Parthenon Sculptures, which are originally from the temple of Athena in Greece, were brought to Britain by Lord Elgin. ... Marble statue from the West pediment of the Parthenon at the British Museum.

FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display during a media photo opportunity to ...

The story of how the 21 figures from the Parthenon’s pediments sculpted by Phidias some 2,450 years ago, along 246 feet of the Parthenon frieze, ended up in the British Museum is well known: In 1801, ...

Pope Francis has decided to return three 2,500-year-old pieces of the Parthenon to Greece. Dating to the fifth century B.C.E., the sculpture fragments depict the head of a boy, a horse head and ...

FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display during a media photo opportunity to ...

Parthenon Sculptures, which are originally from the temple of Athena in Greece, were brought to Britain by Lord Elgin. ... Marble statue from the West pediment of the Parthenon at the British Museum.

FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display during a media photo opportunity to ...

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FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display during a media photo opportunity to ...