Mono piles of stones before ruined Parthenon; Athens, Attica, Greece

Corner of marble Parthenon colonnade and pediment; Athens, Attica, Greece

White crane between two marble Parthenon columns; Athens, Attica, Greece

Temple of Hephaestus; Athens, Greece

Temple of Hephaestus; Athens, Greece

Closeup view of columns, Katakolon, Greece

Acropolis of Athens, Athens, Greece

Mono ionic capital at corner of Erechtheion; Athens, Attica, Greece

Cutaway showing construction of the north eastern corner of the Parthenon. From Kunstgeschichte In Bildern, published 1902.

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art Detail Classical Corinthian column, capital (The head of a pillar or column) and base from the Monument of Lysicrates, Athens. c. 330 BC. This was a choragic monument, i. e. one erected to display a prize for athl

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art (c3) Detail Classical Base of column from the eastern portico of the Erechtheum, the Temple of Athena built 421-405 BC on the Acropolis at Athens. The Ionic capitals are considered to be the most beautiful produc

Architecture - Greece - line art Detail Capital of pilaster on the Monument of Philopappus, Athens. A pilaster is a rectangular, decorative column that projects beyond the surface of the wall. Generally it serves no structural purpose and serves mainl

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art Detail Classical Antefix from the Parthenon. The Parthenon is the chief temple of the goddess Athena on the Acropolis above Athens and is the best extant example of the Doric order. The Doric style or "order" o

Column and metope details of Parthenon; Athens, Greece