* [[یونان باستان|یونانیان باستان]] در طراحی پارتنون، [[نسبت طلایی]] را عمداً رعایت نکردهاند.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jesse Galef|url=http://measureofdoubt.com/2011/08/29/lies-and-legends-about-the-golden-ratio/|title=Lies and Debunked Legends about the Golden Ratio|date=August 29, 2011|accessdate=April 10, 2013|archiveurl=httphttps://archive.istoday/20130430125346/http://measureofdoubt.com/2011/08/29/lies-and-legends-about-the-golden-ratio/Rm9xp |archivedate=۲۰۱۳–۰۴–۳۰۳۰ آوریل ۲۰۱۳|deadurl=noyes}}</ref><ref>"Two other beliefs about [the golden ratio] are often mentioned in magazines and books: that the ancient Greeks believed it was the proportion of the rectangle the eye finds most pleasing and that they accordingly incorporated the rectangle in many of their buildings, including the famous Parthenon. These two equally persistent beliefs are likewise assuredly false and, in any case, are completely without any evidence." {{cite book|last=Devlin|first=Keith|title=The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that Made the World Modern|year=۲۰۰۸|publisher=Basic Books|page=۳۵}}</ref> ساخت این معبد در ۴۳۸ پیش از میلاد، یعنی یک قرن پیش از نخستین اشارهٔ ثبت شده با این نسبت توسط [[اقلیدس]]، به پایان رسیدهاست.
