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Aegean and Greek Architecture

Terminology:
1. Propylon
Propylon was H-shaped in plan, possibly with five doors in the cross-wall and four
columns in antis to each facade, the antae being formed by returns along the front and
back from the sidewall.
2. Propylaea
Propylaea is a plural term for propylon indicating that it is more than a simple propylon
entrance, the architect of which was Mnesicles. Its central element is again an H-shaped
gateway building, now turned so that it is on the east-west axis of the Acropolis. The
Propylaea was started in 436 BC and left incomplete on the outbreak of the
Peloponnesian War in 431 BC.
Important /Famous Building:
1. Parthenon
The main building on the Acropolis is the revived large temple to Athena, the
Parthenon, which started in 447 BC and was completed in 436 BC. The Parthenon is the
best example in Greek temple architecture of the practice of optical refinement (World
History, 2019).
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