The Pediments

West pediment in the British Museum





East pediment in the British Museum






Carrey Drawings

West pediment drawn by Jacques Carrey in 1674


East pediment drawn by Jacques Carrey in 1674

The Carrey drawings were made 13 years before the Venetian bombardment that extensively damaged the Parthenon on 26 September 1687.







Illustrations from Der Parthenon, A.Michaelis (1870)


The Parthenon Pediments
  • The Siphnian Treasury at Delphi
    “ The Samians who had fought against Polycrates, seeing that the Lacedaemonians were about to leave them in the lurch, also abandoned the c...
  • The Parthenon Metopes
    As drawn by Jacques Carrey in 1674: The Metopes of the West End of the Parthenon by William Stahl Ebersole (1899)
  • The Parthenon Pediments
    "As you go into the temple called the Parthenon, everything on the pediment has to do with the birth of Athene; the far side shows ...
  • On the Acropolis with Edward Dodwell
    Edward Dodwell first rode into Athens at dusk on 10 July 1801 and left on September 15. He arrived in Athens for a second time on 26 March ...
  • The Acropolis
    Classical layout of the Acropolis view of the Acropolis in 1755 ( The Ant. of Athens , Stuart & Revett, 1787) ...