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How Athens Built the Parthenon: Money, Politics, and Marble
The Parthenon is the ultimate symbol of ancient Greece, but how did Athens actually pay for it? This episode follows the money behind the marble: the Delian League treasury transfer from Delos to Athens, the role of Pericles as both statesman and project manager, the staggering cost of 469 silver talents, and the thousands of workers — from quarrymen to sculptors — who built it over nine years. We explore the political opposition from Thucydides (not the historian), the accounting records preserved in the 'Stone Quarry Accounts' of 447–438 BCE, and the tensions between imperial…
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