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Ancient Greek Architecture Comparison Table

Ancient Greek Architecture Comparison Table
 * Buildings to be compared || Temple of Athena || Temple of Artemis ||
 * Location || Paestum, Italy || Ephesus but now it is Istanbul,Turkey ||
 * Year Built || 6th Century BCE || 550 B.C. ||
 * Type of Columns || Ionic || Ionic ||
 * Material used to Build the Columns || Marble || Marble ||
 * Purpose of the Building || For the people to worship there goddess of wisdom.. || For Ancient Greeks to honor the goddess. ||



A.J. Fonville Ms. Darrough WD-1 CEC October 19, 2010 Greek Journal

In this journal I will be talking about the Temple of Artemis. It is known as the third greatest wonder. The Temple of Artemis was built for the Greeks to worship their goddess and also a warfare market for people to go buy and sell things. The Temple of Artemis is known for being the Greek Architects. Temple of Artemis is also called the Great Marble Temple and also Temple D. The temple became so popular that the pilgrims, peasants, merchants,tourists, artisans, and kings came to visit it. The main reason people came to see it was because it was so beautiful and because of what is represented. For a lot of people in the town it was their money maker and store. If it had not been for the Temple a lot of people would have been bad off. The cause of the Temple being so popular would beame a problem. In 356 BCE the Temple was burned all the way down by a man named Herostratus to make a name for himself. Shortly after burning down it was rebuilt with the assistance from Alexander the Great. After it was rebuilt the jealousy of other people it was destroyed by the Goths in CE 262. Finally, is was built again and it was up and running until it got damaged again. After the time past by it was then converted over to Christianity. The Temple of Athena is another example of Greek Architecture. While a group of people was working on building the Temple of Athena they got help from other people. The Temple of Athena was a Athens ambitions to defeat Sparta and so they would become more powerful. The Temple of Athena was built with a unique shape. It was a Ionic Temple that was 27 feet long and about 18 and a half feet wide. The Temple was built smaller than other Ionic Columns on Temples. The normal ratio of Ionic buildings are 10:1 but the Temple of Athena is 7:1. The actual name of the temple is the Temple of Athena Nike. Nike means victory in Greek and they served the goddess of victory. The temple was the earliest Ionic Temple in the Acropolis sanctuary. The beautiful temple was built by a architect named Kallicrated. The temple was built off the remains of an old temple that has a structure of four columns on the east and west sides.

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