The main building material was Pentelic marble quarried from the flanks of Mt. Pentelikon, located about 10 mi/ 16 km from Athens. (The old Parthenon, the one destroyed by the Persians while it was partway through construction was the first temple to use this kind of marble.)

The frieze consists of 378 figures and 245 animals.

Describe the frieze of the Parthenon. A Doric frieze, consisting of alternating metopes and triglyphs, was situated around all four sides of the exterior of the temple. Sculptures of mythological battles carved in high relief adorned each of the 92 metopes on the Doric frieze.

A 525 foot Ionic frieze along the exterior of the cella depicts a procession celebrating the festival for the goddess Athena. Other art historians have interpreted the scene as being mythological history and is perhaps a procession following the sacrifice of King Erechtheus’ daughter.

In her aspect as a warrior maiden, Athena was known as Parthenos (Παρθένος “virgin”), because, like her fellow goddesses Artemis and Hestia, she was believed to remain perpetually a virgin. Athena’s most famous temple, the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, takes its name from this title.

Hestia never married or had kids. Zeus granted her the right to remain an eternal virgin. In many ways she was the opposite of the goddess Aphrodite. Both Apollo and Poseidon wanted to marry Hestia, but she refused.

She fears spiders. Being a great weaver, Athena was challenged by a girl with equally good weaving skills. The girl either beat Athena, or Athena was sick of her boasting, so Athena turned her into a spider. She fears spiders.

GENERAL INFO

As with Orion, a giant and a great hunter, there are several legends which tell of his death, one involving Artemis. It is said that he tried to rape the virgin goddess, so killed him with her bow and arrows.

Not only was Artemis the goddess of the hunt, she was also known as the goddess of wild animals, wilderness, childbirth and virginity. Artemis was a virgin and drew the attention and interest of many gods and men. However, it was only her hunting companion, Orion, that won her heart

On his birth, Hephaestus was rejected by his mother Hera because he was lame. The gods thanked Hephaestus by giving him Aphrodite, the goddess of love, as his wife and created a marvellous palace for him on Mount Olympus.

The shadow virgin, resists her sexuality due to fear and revolution of sex and the loss of innocence it symbolises. This Goddess is a prime example of this chaste Archetype as she asked her father, Zeus to grant her eternal virginity. All her companions were also virgins and she was extremely protective of her purity.

Artemis, in Greek religion, the goddess of wild animals, the hunt, and vegetation and of chastity and childbirth; she was identified by the Romans with Diana. Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of Apollo. Among the rural populace, Artemis was the favourite goddess.

Apollo

Six Wishes

• to never get married.
• to have more names than her brother Apollo.
• to have a bow and arrows made by the Cyclopes and a knee-length hunting tunic to wear.
• to bring light to the world.
• to have sixty nymphs for friends who will tend to her hounds.
• to have all the mountains as her domain.

Artemis’ appearance: Usually, an eternally young woman, beautiful and vigorous, wearing a short costume that leaves her legs free

Art, Temi, Tem, Temis, Arti, Misa, Miss, Missy, Ari, Arty, Artie. In Greek mythology Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo.

Zeus had already promised to grant Semele her every wish and thus was forced to grant a wish that would kill her: the splendour of his firebolts, as god of thunder, destroyed Semele. Zeus saved their unborn child, Dionysus, from the womb and kept him in his thigh until the baby was ready to be born.

Tyche

Poseidon