Parthenon (Acropolis)

All these videos are very good, but this one was superb. Keep up the good work!

I love these, they’re so easy to understand, and I can tell that the commentators are so passionate! It really makes a difference when the commentators on videos are interested in the topic.

Uma questão de honra, de justiça, de pertencimento. Os mármores de Elgin, que estão no British museum, devem ser devolvidos à Grécia. Seria uma coisa linda, ver todas as esculturas do Parthenon de volta de onde foram saqueadas/tiradas.

Athena was my favorite of the Greek pantheon, but I don't blame whoever decided to put that statue to better use, lol. It must've been incredible to see, though.

They don't build like they used to😅.
My contractor couldn't even measure correctly.

oh we playin minecraft

432BC isn't 5th century! Unless I'm ignorant on the language here.

Edit: okay I googled, it's "5th century BC" worth saying it, for people who might not know!

what do they say about the acropolis where the parthenon is

Fantastic presentation, great idea to have two presenters. Well done to you both. 👏

I am a school student in sri lanka , is it okay if I submit this video as a cover video with sinhala voiceover ?🙃

I've watched this videos of yours thousands of times and I always learn something priceless
By the way, what's is the name of the intro piano theme? I love it because now I associate it with this sober elegance and culture.

This documentary mentions the Architects' hypothesis on why the columns on the edges are slightly closely to one another, on only an artistic basis, suggesting that the outer columns are in sense "orphan" (with no column on the other side), and this would cause them to seem less substantial. Yet, as a Civil Engineer I might have a more impressive explanation: during an earthquake the vertical elements (here the columns) that get more stressed, are those which lie the furthest from a certain point, which is a point somewhere in the floor plan (we calculate this point using certain methods - it's important to know where this poin lies within the floor plan). The more symmetrical the structure is (in several aspects: shape of perimeter/geometry, position of each vertical element, type of each vertical element, etc), the closer to the geometrical center of the floor plan this point gets. During an earthquake this point remains firm in relation to the floor plan, and every point of the floor moves around it. So, the furthest the column, the greater the movement, hence the greater the risk of its structural integrity.

The Parthenon's floor plan is rectangular and almost symmetrical. This means that during an earthquake, the columns that suffer the most, are the corner ones where each recieves an amount of energy larger than all other columns, an energy they're being called to absorb for the safety of the whole structure.

How do you reinforce these elements without destroying the artistic integrity of the building?
By simply moving a little closer the columns next to the corner ones (in order to relief them).

So, by moving the two columns (one on X-direction and one on Y-direction) closer to the corner column, by only doing this simple thing, you equally reinforce by X and Y this column against a random direction earthquake.

Doing so in all four corner columns along with the fact that these columns are further reinforced by being constructed with an average diameter larger than the other columns, you reinforce the structural integrity of the building as a whole, exactly at its weakest points.

I think, if that's the case, it's really impressive.

So so glad I subscribed to your channel. Just lovely your videos! Thank you!

Come on now! Elgin did save the sculptures, and deserves credit for that!

Thank you for this very informative short video fo the Parthenon.. I've visited it once alone in 2019 and excited to visit it again with my kids in a month again.. Thanks again.

1) Greece was occupied by the Turks. Elgin was the embassador of GB to Constantinople. He used his position to obtain a firman from the sultan.He never obtain it! He went in Athens and obtain a licence from (voeboda) the Turk mayor of Athens for Restauration!!! This is the only document ,translated in Italian,that the english state has, and there is not the authentic signature of the Turk mayor!!!
2) The marbles were still on the Parthenon. Elgin damaged both the stucture and many marbles in the attempt to remove them.
3) One sculture at least fall during the process and broke into pieces.
4) The boat sank with its load during the voyage from Athens to GB. The marbles rest in the bottom of the sea for a few years before Elgin managed to recover them from the wreck. The damages are not documented but it's obvious there was damages.
5) Elgin store the marbles in his coal reserve. He intended to use them to decorate his country house.
6) When he finaly tried to sell them to the British Museum, the british parliement washed its hand concerning the looting, in other words, recognised it was a looting indeed.
7) The British Museum "cleaned" the marbles using wired brushes from any remaining traces of polychromie in order to make them match with their conception of white purety in greek art.

Your guys narration is buttery smooth and so relaxing

That's unbelievable that people so many years ago built such a amazing building

Beth and Steven, have either of you visited the full-size replica of the Parthenon in Nashville, TN? It is complete with pedimental sculpture and the colossal statue of Athena Parthenos inside.

Amazing video

I LOVE THESE PEOPLE!

do we know if the "marks of Poseidon's trident" were just fabricated over time?

The pediment of the east side (right above the entrance) showed the birth of Athena, while the pediment of the west side showed the the conflict between Athena and Poseidon.

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Interesting how a society with so many goddesses didn't allow women to participate in the government.

I'd never heard the Athenian foundational myth before watching this video. That story about Poseidon and Athena vying to be the patron deity of the city is just terrific.

Thank you for this great video, which, I think, is the Parthenon of your Acropolis.

Ciao alla mia classe lmao.

Who here loooooovveesss history?

We always underestimate the ancients. Just look at those ancient alien clowns because they can not believe the ancient egyptians built them they take the easy way out and blame the aliens This is the most perfect structure ever built by man it has.features that are optical illusions that is centurys ahead of the time. Even the top architects admit we can not copy it even with modern laser tools

Absolutely fantastic video. Thank you for this.

history falls because of your own shit.... never change.... 💀

Why not the Athenians rebuild ancient temples on acropolis?

Vorr er resten av delene?

Pericles sad to his people that we are not going back to devolution = animalism or barbarism .

Please something about Sardis.. Ionic columns almost 60 feet (18m) high, most beautiful statues!

Excellent video. And yeah, art history for sure. The doric/ionic combination and the friezes... stunning!

@Smarthistory what type of piano genre music plays before and after your videos? I absolutely 💕💕💕 this type of piano 💝 music usually listen to jazz piano

Love parthenon and Athens

Yup, fantastic place. This poor boy was there courtesy of the US navy. I got paid to go! Our captain was retiring soon and we went to all kinds of cool places. I slept a lot. The ship was USS Sierra AD-18, since turned into razor blades in 1992.

i hate the two of you. I don't like it when you pretend to have a conversation, when you don't have one. Pathetic.

Love it sooo interesting ❤️❤️❤️

What do the scenes in the metopes show?

i just wanna know who the fuck disliked this

What do they say of the Acropolis where the Parthenon is?

Coming here from the novel Sophie’s World, by Jostein Gaarder

I see it everyday..the incredible thing is how it looks from far away from different streets or angles. It really is something magical.

Thank you for this excellent upload. Just so that people watching are aware, you reversed the East and West pediments when commenting on the sculptures in their respective tympanums.