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Royal Society Open Science· 2026Q1

The illusion of illusions: there are no optical corrections in the Parthenon

Alain Goriely

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The Parthenon was not designed with optical corrections to appear straight; proposed illusions are either unsupported by evidence or too small to be perceptible.

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