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    THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS

    by

    Livio C. Stecchini
    There is a sort of bloom of newness upon these works of his, preserving them from the touch of time, as if they had some perennial spirit and undying vitality mingled in the composition of them.
    — Plutarch, Life of Pericles
    Introduction
    The Old Temple of Athena
    Early Reports
    Francis Penrose
    Ludwig Ross
    The Three Parthenons
    The Reaction
    The Unfinished Temple
    The Counterattack
    Reason on Trial
    Parthenos and Parthenon
    History of the Parthenon    		 Dinsmoor’s Theory
    The Dimensions of the Parthenon
    The Central Precinct
    The Hundred-foot Temple
    The Corner Spaces
    The Dimensions of the Columns
    Width of the Cella
    Orientation of the Parthenon
    The Cult of Athena Polias
    The Propylaia
    The Temple of Athena Nike 
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