The
____________________
decorative
frieze
was
partly
hidden
and
ran
around
the
whole
temple
.
It
was
520
feet
____________________
and
represented
one
of
the
most
important
____________________
festivals
in
Athens
,
the
____________________
,
in
honor
of
Athena
,
the
city's
patron
goddess
.
A
key
____________________
of
a
temple
in
the
Doric
style
is
the
inclusion
of
metopes
.
The
metopes
on
the
Parthenon
____________________
mythical
scenes
such
as
the
struggle
against
the
Amazons
and
the
____________________
war
.
The
Parthenon's
two
pediments
once
held
complex
sculptural
groupings
.
The
western
pediment
re
-
creates
the
mythical
____________________
between
the
goddess
Athena
and
the
god
____________________
for
patronage
of
Athens
.
The
eastern
pediment
depicts
the
birth
of
Athena
from
Zeus's
____________________
.
