Hephaisteion: Centauromachy Frieze (Athens, Greece)

Hephaisteion: Centauromachy Frieze (Athens, Greece)

Hephaisteion (Athens, Greece)

Hephaestus (Greek deity)

Ancient Greek religion

Temples, Greek--Greece

Attikē (Greece)

Agora (Athens, Greece)

Athens (Greece)

Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.

Age of Pericles

Pericles, 495-429 B.C.

Relief (Sculpture), Greek

This photograph depicts the western frieze on the great temple dedicated to the god of craft and metalworking, Hephaestus. Located just above the Athenian agora, above the location where skilled craftsman practiced their trades, the Hephaisteion, built by the great statesman Pericles from 449 BCE to 415 BCE, is the best preserved, most complete temple from Classical Greece. The frieze in the photograph depicts the mythical battle between the Athenians and the centaurs, and is located on the western side of the cella.

Proctor, Christopher

30-May-2007

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Attikē (Greece)

449 BCE - 415 BCE