Model of the Acropolis

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Model of the Acropolis
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Parthenon, Acropolis, Kallikrates and Iktinos
(architects), 447 - 432 BCE, Classical Period,
marble
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• The Great Panathenaia were celebrated every four
  years at the month of Hecatombaion (end of July
  and beginning of August) and lasted more than
  eight days (the small Panathenaia were celebrated
  every year).The procession was formed at the
  Dipylon gate and following the Panathenaic way,
  which was crossing the Agora, ended in
  Acropolis.It was followed by the delivery of
  Peplos by a maiden to the archon king. Sacrifice
  of a hundred oxen (Hecatombaion) and feast
  followed.

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Marshals and Young Women, detail of the
Procession, from the Ionic frieze on the east
side of the Parthenon, 447 - 432 - BCE, Classical
Period, marble 
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Parthenon FRIEZE

• Ran around the  Parthenon inside the peristyle. 
• A masterpiece of the sculptor Phidias,
• Depicted - on a surface with a total length of
  160 meters - the most important religious
  ceremony to take place in Athens the Panathenaic
  Procession.
• The Great Panathenaea was a festival held every
  four years in honor of Athena Polias
• The festival culminated with the symbolic
  endowment of the wooden cult statue of Athena
  Polias in the Erechtheum with a new robe. 

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From the left, Poseidon, Apollo and Artemis watch
the presentation of the 'peplos' (robe) to the
statue of Athena.
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A youth leading a cow to sacrifice from the
Parthenon's north frieze.
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Cavalry from the Parthenon Frieze, West II,
2-3, British Museum.
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Weavers section of the frieze, East Louvre
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A portion of the Parthenon frieze.  Chariot and
apobates (slaves riding the chariot horses) are
depicted as part of the Panathenaic Procession.
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Young pitcher bearers (hydriaphoroi) from the
Parthenon frieze
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Procession of guards from the Apadana,
Persepolis, 1st half 5th C., inspiration for the
Parthenon Frieze?