On the front of the Parthenon, in the triangular pediment,
Pheidias carved the contest between Athena
and Poseidon to be the main
god of the city of Athens, and on the back pediment he put the birth
of Athena out of the head of her father Zeus.
Neither of these pediments is in good shape now. There are only pieces
of the sculptures left, and they are in museums, not on the Parthenon
itself, as you can see.
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