The Parthenon was designed and built in the Doric style, while also incorporating some Ionic elements. Doric architecture features fluted columns without bases, topped with simple capitals, or tops, that are rectangular.
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Doric- Used on Parthenon; Ionic- curly capital; Corinthian- narrow to wide capital.
The Parthenon combines elements of the Doric and Ionic orders. Basically a Doric peripteral temple, it features a continuous sculpted frieze borrowed from the Ionic order, as well as four Ionic columns supporting the roof of the opisthodomos.
Why there are no straight lines in the Parthenon? In order for the temple to maintain a symmetrical and light appearance, straight lines weren't the best. The Greeks resorted to the Entasis, which is a very light curve voluntarily made on the central part of the shafts of the columns.
The Designs Are Similar but Not the SameThe structure is dominated by outer columns in Doric style that lean slightly inward to give the illusion of straight lines. The Pantheon's dominating design is its massive domed ceiling and rotunda. When it was built in the second century, it was the largest in the world.