Temples General Flashcards
Temple of Hera, Olympia
590- Doric, wood/mudbrick, 6x16, 2m terracotta disc
Temple of Hera 1, Paestum
550- Doric, limestone, 9x18, 2 doors, entasis emphasized
Temple of Athene, Paestum
500, Doric/ Ionic, Limestone, 6x13, ionic columns in pronaos, no opisthdomos, no internal colonade
Temple of Zeus, Olympia
450, Doric, Limestone with stucco, 6x13, pediments: fight between centuarandlapiths, chariot race, 13m statue of Zeus
Temple of Hera 2, Paestum
460, Doric, Limestone, 6x14, purely Doric (no more experimentation)
Parthenon- Acropolis
447, Doric/Ionic, Pentellic Marble, 8x17, 92 metopes, incliing Centuarmachy and amazonmachy, frieze 160 m long and 1m high (show pantheic procession)
Propylaia
437, Doric/Ionic, pentellic marble, Hexastyle, not a temple rather a gateway, two additional rooms (a dining room and picture gallery)
Temple of Athene Nike
420, Ionic, Pentellic marble, 4x0, persian war on frieze- unusual not to be a myth
Erectheion
427, Ionic, Pentellic marble, Hexastyle, multiple levels to accomodate steep slope, caryatids, hole in roof where poseidens trident pierced, sacred olive tree
Temple of Apollo, Bassae
430, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Limestone, 6x15, marble frieze inside, amazonmachy, ionic columns fixed to walls inside, one corinthian column (first ever)
The Tholos at Epidauros
350, Doric on outside, Corinthian in inside, Limestone and stucco, Circular, 26 doric columns, worshippers would sleep in here and Asklepios would send a dream prescribing treatment to the ill, sacred snakes found under marbled floor
The Philippeion at Olympia
335, NOT A TEMPLE, 18 ionic columns, 15m diameter, Ionic outside, Corinthian inside, memorial built by Alexander the Great, house statues of Macedonian royal family, commemorate victory over the Greeks.
