Reconstruction of the Base of the Parthenos

Reconstruction of the base of the Parthenos
Phidias, 438 BCE. Reconstruction by N. Leipen. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.

• Pausanias describes that on the base of the Parthenos a relief showed the birth of Pandora.
• Pliny adds the detail that twelve Gods attend.

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