Specific_Examples_Involving_The_Interpretation_Of_The_Parthe

Specific Examples Involving The Interpretation Of The Parthenon’s Frieze Specific Examples Involving the Interpretation of the Parthenon’s Frieze Looking at the Parthenon’s frieze you see many different characters in what seems to be some kind of procession. This is all noticeable to the common viewer, but does it actually have any meaning. Many interpretations have given the beautiful frieze different yet similar meanings. To many it is thought to be a piece of music transposed in to a pictorial story. The frieze seems to have a distinctive rhythm where it feels as if the characters are dancing. It is commonly thought that the scenes in the frieze are a representation of the Panathenaic procession, but scholars are arguing many of the actions and underlying meanings. Many of the actions that take place on the frieze may seem insignificant, but they actually take on a lot of meaning. The simple gesture of fiddling with a sandal marks the beginning of the festival of the Panathenaic procession. Since most scholars agree on this, their interpretations are set around the south-western corner of the frieze as being the beginning events of the procession. The characters in the frieze are all headed toward the eastern front. frieze, procession, panathenaic, story, meaning, events, different, thought, seem, peplos, parthenon’s, interpretations, gods, characters, between, although, way, since, scholars, scenes, sacrifice, piece, offering, mortals, meanings, erechtheus, beginning, athena, truly, time, theory, theme, take, suggest, specific