The frieze.
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Inside the outer colonnade, at the top of the outside wall of the cella,
is the great frieze, a unique sculptural procession 525 feet long which is
a homage to the Goddess Athena and a celebration in her name.
This is the first Doric frieze to go around a building. previously such
friezes were limited to Ionic constructions. Starting in the southwest, the
idealized figures of Athenian men, women, children, and animals travel east
and west to meet Athena at the eastern front of the temple. The frieze is in
low relief, about one and one half inches deep and three feet four inches
high.
More pictures of the frieze can be found below:
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