Pre Parthenon Flashcards
1
Q
Early building projects
A
490 BC
Victory monument for Athenians over Persians
Destroyed by Persians in 480 BC
2
Q
Oath of Plataia
A
479 BC
No rebuilding to be made on acropolis as a reminder of persians impiety
Lykourgos Against Leokrates 81
3
Q
Early temples
A
Before the Periclean building programme there were temples there (hence oath of plataia) some of which were incorporated into new buildings
