A compass of nearly 1 mile in radius would be required to draw an arc duplicating some of the entasis effects throughout this structure.
A compass of nearly 1 mile in radius would be required to draw an arc duplicating some of the entasis effects throughout this structure. Three distinct measures of the "foot" were used in its construction, and a likely example of a tool that would have been used to convert between them can be found carved on a stone on the island of Salamis. Partially destroyed when a Venetian mortar blew up gunpowder magazines that were stored in it, the Ottomans placed a minaret atop this building. In 1806, sculptures from its pediment, the Elgin Marbles, were taken from its site to the British Museum. Designed by Phidias, name, FTP, this temple dedicated to Athena built on the Acropolis.
A compass of nearly 1 mile in radius would be required to draw an arc duplicating some of the entasis effects throughout this structure.
The {Parthenon}