Is the Parthenon a Typical Doric Temple?

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Is the Parthenon a Typical Doric Temple?

The Parthenon temple of the goddess Athena is considered to be the greatest of the Greek temples in the Doric style. However it is not a typical Doric temple, incorporating the Ionic order as well. The Doric Style that was developed by the Dorian Greeks, it was sturdy in proportion, with a simple cushion capital, a frieze of triglyph's and metopes and mutules in the cornice. The Athenians in 451, who were now challenging for the supremacy in Greece, considered it proper that they should build new temples to commemorate their victory over Persia and as well to glorify the city and make it a architectural splendour that would be worthy of its name. The Parthenon was built in honour of the Goddess Athena who was the Protector of Athens and the Goddess of war. It was designed so that it would dominate the city, and be the most magnificent temple in all of Greece even out shining the Temple of Zeus in Olympia. It was built in fifteen years which is a very short length of time. It was commissioned by Pericles, with Iftinas and Callicrates as the architects and