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The Athenians built the Athenian Treasury at Delphi to store votive offerings and dedications offered to the shrine of Apollo by their city and its residents. Parian marble is used throughout the entire treasury, including the sculptures that adorn it. Scholarly opinions on the building date vary from 510 to 480 BCE. On the route up to the sanctuary, all visitors can see the Athenian treasury, which is situated just underneath the Temple of Apollo along the Sacred route. In his description of the sanctuary, Pausanias describes the structure and asserts that it was constructed with the loot from the Battle of Marathon, which was fought against the Persians in 490 BCE. Some of the images of the metopes, which liken their victory to mythology, depict the Battle of Marathon. The Treasury made Athens one of the most powerful polis of Greece by utilizing Theseus, the founder of the city, to demonstrate the triumphs of the city. The first known large-scale sculpture of Theseus can be seen in the Athenian Treasury Metopes. Theseus had been portrayed on vase paintings before this collection, but no architectural representations have been discovered. The additional heroic figure demonstrated the growing devotion of Athenians to Theseus, even if Herakles was also portrayed in the metopes. The pairing of the two heroes served as a metaphor for the Battle of Marathon. The metopes depict identity of Athens and their perceptions of both foreign and domestic adversaries. The first Panhellenic sanctuary dedicated by Athens was the Athenian treasury. Treasuries were constructed in Delphi by a number of other city-states. The Athenian Treasury in Delphi was erected according to a conventional distyle in antis design, with two antae framing two columns. The central figures of metopes are drawn from popular Athenian mythology and depict these heroes going through their numerous hardships. The thirty metopes of the Treasury measure 67 cm in height and 62–64 cm in width. The order in which several of these metopes might have emerged is debatable, and they were discovered dispersed over the surrounding area. #History #Architecture

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