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The Parthenon frieze Phidias
The frieze consisted of 115
blocks. It had a total length of
160 meters and was 1.02
meters high. Some 378 human
figures and deities and more
than 200 animals, mainly
horses, are presented in the
process. The sacrificial
procession follows next, with
animals and groups of men and
women carrying ceremonial
vessels and offerings. The
procession concludes with the
giving of the peplos, the gift of
the Athenian people to the cult
statue of the Goddess, a
xoanon. Left and right of the
peplos scene sit the twelve
gods of Mount Olympos.