The Athenian Parthenon: reception and display

Abstract

In this article the Parthenon is considered in the context of the multiple meanings that the west has ascribed to it as well as its alterations and damages through time. Fateful events in the course of a turbulent history in the land of Greece not only affected the state of the Parthenon but added to a debate that focused on this monument as the most important classical building leading to the creation of an outstanding museum in Athens.