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Article title updated for style. Nov 07, 2026
Invalidated site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Architecture in Ancient Greece. May 30, 2018
Add new Web site: Ancient-Greece.org - The Parthenon frieze. Oct 03, 2016
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Greek Architectural Orders. Oct 03, 2016
Add new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Architecture in Ancient Greece. Oct 03, 2016
Add new Web site: Livius - Persian influence on Greece. Oct 03, 2016
Add new Web site: Quatr.us - What is a Frieze? Oct 02, 2016
Replaced photographs. Aug 07, 2015
Article revised and updated. Jul 22, 2008
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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