Identify Temples

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Flashcards on Identify Temples, created by kerrie.patten on 03/10/2015.
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Temple of Hera at Olympia 600 BC - Archaic Period - Doric temple - Has pronaos and opisthodomus with 2 columns in antis - The columns in the porch and in the naos aligne with the peristyle. - The columns were originally made from wood but gradually replaced by limestone.. - Pausanias the greek geographer writes that there was one wooded column in the naos during his time. - The columns as a result vary in styles ; eg. number of flutes, type of limestone, the width of diameter. - The architrave appears to have been originally wooden as suggested by the wide intercolumnations. - The naos walls are made from sundried brick. - The foundation is made from stone. - The roof tiles are made from terra cotta. - There is statue base in the temple probably for some kind of cult statue of Zeus or Hera.
Temple C at Selinus - Doric temple - Archaic period - Has a pronaos and opisthodomus - The opisthodomus is enclosed, and not open to the peristyle. - Two rows of columns infront of the pronaos, - High entableature - The cornice consists of two layers of stone crowned with a terracotta gutter. - Piercings allow rainwater to escape.
Temple dedicated to Athena Between 510-500 BC
Temple of Apollo at Corinth. - Archaic period - Doric temple. - Has pronaos and opisthodomus. -The columns in the porch align with the columns in the peristyle. -The columns are: - MADE FROM LIMESTONE - Monolythic: they continue in one piece. - Have a baggy echinus The naos is unusally - divided into two by a cross wall. The eastern chamber a statue is found. Probably used for a cult statue.
The temple of Artemis at Ephesos 550 BC Ionic Temple Archaic Period
The Basilica 530 BC
The Temple of Aphaia at Aegina 5th Century BC - Either late Archaic Period or Early Classical Period
The Temple of Zeus Olympias at Akragas (begun 500 BC)
Temple of Zeus at Olympia 470 - 460 BC
Temple of Hera at Paestum 460 BC
The Parthenon 447-438 BC
The Temple of Poseidon at Sounion 440BC
Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae 430 BC
427-424 BC
The Erecthion Ionic Temple High Classical Period
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