Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, chapter 47 (Note 1)". www.perseus.tufts.edu . Retrieved 21 July 2022. Over time, dowel screws may work loose, so it's always handy to have an optical screwdriver to keep them tight, but not too tight. Illustrated Parthenon Marbles – Janice Siegel, Department of Classics, Hampden–Sydney College, Virginia

Furthermore, the inner walls of the hinge grave also provide lateral support for riveting which prevent the hinge from moving around as the rivets are peened. Stoneman, Richard (2004). A Traveller's History of Athens. Interlink Books. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-56656-533-2.Lapatin, Kenneth D.S. (2001). Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Oxford: OUP. p.63. ISBN 978-0-19-815311-5. The district has fertile land and famous for fine cotton production. It also produces corn, wheat, sugarcane, mangoes, onion and some other crops. According to a survey, the region is producing 252 different varieties of mangoes.

Palagia, Olga (1998). The Pediments of the Parthenon by Olga Palagia. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-11198-1.a b Hollis, Edward (2009). The secret lives of buildings: from the ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in thirteen stories. Internet Archive. New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt. p.21. ISBN 978-0-8050-8785-7.

The Parthenon sculptures: The Trustees' statement". The British Museum . Retrieved 24 January 2020.

Two pediments rise above the portals of the Parthenon, one on the east front, one on the west. The triangular sections once contained massive sculptures that, according to the second-century geographer Pausanias, recounted the birth of Athena and the mythological battle between Athena and Poseidon for control of Athens. [89] East pediment [ edit ] Glasses frames comprise of three main parts, containing multiple sub-parts within their construction. Primarily, there is the frame-front and two protrusions known as temples. These main components come in many different forms and materials which have their own specific functions, styles and names. Measured at the stylobate, the dimensions of the base of the Parthenon are 69.5 by 30.9 metres (228 by 101ft). The cella was 29.8metres long by 19.2metres wide (97.8×63.0ft). On the exterior, the Doric columns measure 1.9 metres (6.2ft) in diameter and are 10.4 metres (34ft) high. The corner columns are slightly larger in diameter. The Parthenon had 46 outer columns and 23 inner columns in total, each column having 20 flutes. (A flute is the concave shaft carved into the column form.) The roof was covered with large overlapping marble tiles known as imbrices and tegulae. [66] [67] Hurwit, Jeffrey M. (19 November 1999). The Athenian Acropolis: History, Mythology, and Archaeology from the Neolithic Era to the Present. CUP Archive. ISBN 9780521417860– via Google Books. Joints/hinges use an odd number of tenons and come in different tenon-counts. These generally vary between a 3, 5, 7 and very occasionally a 9 tenon-count.