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The Metopes (Sculpted section of the Doric frieze) on the eastern side depicted fighting giants and on the weatern side, 'Theseus' , leading the Athenians into battle against the Amazons. Those on the southern side represented the contest of the Lapiths & Centaurs, at the marriage feast of Pierithio?s.An Ionic frieze 159.5 m long ran all around the Parthenon. Unfortunately, much of it was damaged in the explosion of 1687,.
Directions: Just after Propylaia. It is in the middle of the Acropolis and visible from everywhere in the city.
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