My research for my 2018 book on the golden ratio revealed that there are also golden ratios to be found in its floor plan.
Facade parthenon floor plan.
The parthenon is a temple of the doric order with eight columns at the façade and seventeen columns at the flanks conforming to the established ratio of 9 4.
The cella contained the 12m high cult statue of athena and the rear smaller chamber was used as the treasury of the city of athens.
The number of doric columns in the outer colonnade 8x17 was unusual for a greek temple 6x13.
παρθενώνας parthenónas parθeˈnonas is a former temple on the athenian acropolis greece dedicated to the goddess athena whom the people of athens considered their patron.
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Each entrance has an additional six columns in front of it.
So between the disney s donald in mathmagic land my 2013 article and my 2018 book we find the following golden ratios in the parthenon.
The parthenon ˈ p ɑː θ ə ˌ n ɒ n n ən.
This ratio governed the vertical and horizontal proportions of the temple as well as many other relationships of the building like the spacing between the columns and their height.
Parthenon golden ratio summary.
A drawing illustrating the floor plan of the parthenon 447 438 bce.