OCR GCSE Ancient History · J198
Paper 1
Revise: The Periclean Building Programme and the AcropolisThe eastern pediment depicted Athena’s birth; the western pediment depicted Athena’s contest with Poseidon for the land. The Ionic frieze represented the Panathenaic procession. Together, these subjects linked divine stories with the community’s worship of Athena.
- Revise: Ancient Descriptions of Art and Architecture
A triangular space at the end of a temple roof, often filled with sculpture.
- Revise: The Acropolis: Topography, Architecture and Sculpture
The triangular space beneath the sloping roof at either end of a Greek temple, often filled with sculpture.