Metron Ariston

159 posts - The length of Parthenon.

Numbers used in ancient Greek architecture

The Treasury of Atreus (more details)

*The first part was posted in December 2010.

Ancient Thessaly and Macedonia

From the books, "Prehistoric Greece" (1999) ISBN: 9607823079, and "Klaudiou Ptolemaeou - Geographike Hyphegesis" (2001) ISBN: 9607931491.

*Most cities are prehistoric, but some of them have changed names many times.

Ancient Phoenike and Palaestine

                      



Prehistoric and ancient Cyprus

The earthquakes of Japan and Sumatra

Astrogenetics -  Terrestrial activity

The acropolis of Hyle

Measurements and photographs: June 2002.
Published in the book "Metron Ariston" (11 Feb 2003) - ISBN 9608286069

Coordinates: Palace 38.485556  23.18214 - Southern Gate 38.482228  23.182472

This work was posted here in January 2011 (see Gla), but I have made
some corrections and new color diagrams.

The Palace of Minos

I Megalithic Cubit  (MC) = 0.454 m.

Most diagrams and drawings are from Sir Arthur Evans' book
"The Palace of Minos".  Megalithic cubits are in red on them.

The acropolis of Tiryns

The Cyclops

The Room of the Throne at the Palace of Minos in Knossos

Wall-painting of Grypes



Gods and men

  Asklepios
National Archaeological Museum of Athens

The Eleusinian Mysteries

Caryatis Kistophoros from the Lesser Propylaea.

On her head she carries the kiste (a box) ornamented

with the Eleusinian symbols (a kernos, wheat and poppies).

Prehistoric technology

The Mycenean Bull

Apis - Epaphos - Osiris - Dionysos

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Deukalion

Zeus

Lykaon

The great statue of Despoina in Lykosoura

From left to right: Artemis, Demeter, Despoina and the Titan Anytos.

National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Representation of the statue

According to Pausanias (8, 37.3), the statues were carved in one piece of stone (a monolith) which was found in the temple of Despoina in the Arcadian city Lykosoura afer a dream. The dimensions are 8.40 m (width) x 5.90 m (height), and the height of the statues is 3.78 m. Therefore, the ratio width : height is the square root of 2. The height (5.90 m) is equal to 13 MC.