On the frieze, Pheidias carved
a long procession of Athenians, with girls in the front, bringing
a new dress for the goddess Athena
to her temple.
Most of the carving was done in a beautiful new style, where all the figures moved very gracefully, and the clothes were floating and very thin, almost transparent, so that you could see all the muscles and tendons of the women wearing them.
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