Ancient Greek Temples spans over a wide landmass of mainland Greece and Hellenic settlements and colonies of Aegean Islands, Italy (Magna Graecia i.e. the coastal areas of Southern Italy ), Sicily and Asia Minor. All the areas influenced by ancient Greek Culture and Civilization were impressed by the Religious Practice of the Hellenic People. The temples were built on very regular form of Greek architecture i.e. the construction being of post and lintel where strong horizontal elements of a building system are held up by strong vertical elements, with large spaces in between them. The defining styles of the Greek Temples are of three basic orders. The Doric Order with recognizable feature of simple circular capitals at the top of columns. It originated in the Doric region of Greece and found throughout Greece, Sicily and Italy. The Ionic Order which was more predominant in Asia Minor and had related examples in Greece. The Ionic columns generally stands on base that separates the column shaft from –stylobate -- or stepped platform with the cap being adorned with ornamental egg-and-dart mouldings. The Cornithian order was the last and most developed of the Greek architectural style and became popular from 1st Century BCE onwards and had wide acceptance in Roman architecture. This style of Greek architecture is marked by thin fluted columns and elaborated capitals, with decoration of acanthus leaves and scrolls. Every Greek Temple was dedicated in honor of individual Greek Gods within the Greek pantheon and often used for safe-keeping of all the offerings consecrated to the Gods. The interior of the Temples contained trophies and large Statue of the Deity concerned. [Image 1. Temple of Apollo, Corinth (540 BCE) ; 2. Temple of Aphaea, Aegina (490 BCE); 3. Temple of Zeus, Olympia (460BCE); 4. Temple of Hephaestos, Athens; (449 - 444 BCE) 5. Temple of Apollo Epicurius, Bassae (450 - 425 BCE); 6. The Pantheon, Athens (447 - 432 BCE)] [Info and Image Credit : List_of_Ancient_Greek_temples, Wikipedia][Images Availed Under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Italy, 2.0 Generic; Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)] [Source Image URLs : 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Korinth_BW_2017-10-10_10-55-28.jpg
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