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Engineering an Empire - Greece, Part 5/5 Instructional VideoEngineering an Empire - Greece, Part 5/5 Instructional Video
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Engineering an Empire - Greece, Part 5/5

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"There are no straight lines in the Parthenon." The series concludes with a look at the optical illusions involved in the engineering of the Parthenon. Mixing animated images and current video, the producers bring alive this famous building.

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optical illusions, greek architecture, greek culture, pericles, sparta, the peloponnesian war

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optical illusions, pediment, column, doric column, flutes, entasis, athena, frieze, entablature, pericles, aspasia, sparta, the great athenian plague, peloponnesian war, social studies
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Instructional Videos
Media Length
7:48
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Flipped Classroom
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