IParthenon sesinye sezona zakhiwo zidumileyo zamaGrike kodwa mhlawumbi uyaliphinda igama laso amaxesha aliwaka kwaye awuyazi ncam into obhekisa kuyo. Yintoni icarthenon? Yayenzelwe ntoni? Uvela kowuphi unyaka? Ewe, ukuba uya eholideyini eGrisi ke ubhale ezi zinto malunga nesakhiwo sodumo kwiGrisi yamandulo:
IParthenon yinto eseleyo ye itempile ye-athena, uthixokazi wesixeko saseAthene. Yitempile ngoko ebekwe ngaphakathi kwiAcropolis, kwinduli ethambileyo ejonge esi sixeko sanamhlanje kwaye ithathwa njengeyona mizekelo mihle yoyilo lweDoric. Olu lwakhiwo lulula ngesitayile, ngaphandle kokuhomba okuninzi, ngeekholamu ezigudileyo. Kuyaziwa ukuba esi sakhiwo senziwe nguPidias, Iktinos okanye uKallikrate, sinamagama aliqela, umkroli owaziwayo owayesebenza exhaswa nguPericles, usopolitiki omkhulu waseGrisi owathi, waseka isixeko kwaye ngokuyinxalenye wayenoxanduva IGolden Age yaseGrisi. Ngaphakathi etempileni kwakukho ubuncwane obuninzi kodwa eyona nto yayiyeyona mifanekiso mihle ka-Athena yayilwe ngumkroli ofanayo kwaye yenziwa ngegolide kunye nendlovu.
El ICarthenon yaseAthene Yakhiwa ekuqaleni kuka-447 BC kwaye imisebenzi yaqhubeka iminyaka embalwa. Yakhelwe kwitempile engaphambili kwaye ngokubhekisele kwimilinganiselo yonakaliswe kakhulu ngenxa yoko ayinakucaciswa. Iphangiwe, ibiyicawa, ibiy mosque kwaye ibide ibe yindawo yokugcina iimbumbulu zabantu baseTurkey ngexesha lomsebenzi. Nasekupheleni kwenkulungwane yeshumi elinesixhenxe, kwabakho ugqabhuko-dubulo, embindini wemfazwe neVenetians, eyadala owona monakalo mkhulu ubonakalayo namhlanje.
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