Phidias (Greek sculptor, ca. 490-430 BCE) Greek (ancient) ca. 480-393 BCE (creation) View of the 8 column wide west front with surviving metopes and gable-sculpture as seen approaching from the Propylaia Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece Limestone foundation Part of Athens Acropolis [site] © Javier Gomez Javier Gomez 35 mm slides Classical Architecture and City Planning carving (processes) Athens Acropolis: Parthenon buildings