The Parthenon
The Ancients
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The Pathon on and the Temple of Athena
The statue itself wasn't solid gold we think more than likely it had some sort of wooden frame and then the gold was actually sheets of gold molded gold that was fitted onto this wooden frame. John camp who is a very well respected archaeologist who's worked on Athens for several decades he wrote a book on the archaeology of Athens. When he describes the pathon on he says that it's a glorified treasury for the city that it's not a temple that it has serves no religious function i don't have an answer for you because we have incomplete evidence on this one on the topic paisani is called at a temple there were other structures that were treasuries that stored valuable objects
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