Ancient Greek temples images collection -
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photograph.
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Reconstruction of the east site of Parthenon |
The great temple of Athena Parthenos. 447-432 B.C.
Highest achievement of ancient greek classical art and the most
significant and representative monument of the athenian democracy at the
height of its glory. |
Detail from the Erectheion |
The Columns of Olympian Zeus as taken from the
Acropolis. |
The temple of Hephaistos known as Theseion. Taken from
the Acropolis. |
The Philippeion. Circular building of ionic order
donated by Philip II after the battle of Chaeronea (338 B.C.). From the
sanctuary of Olympia |
The Temple of Hera. The oldest temple of the Olympia
Sanctuary, among the best specimens of archaic doric temple architecture
(end of the 7th cent. B. C.) |
The Temple of Zeus. Doric, peripteral temple with six
columns at the narrow and thirteen columns at the long sides. From the
Sanctuary of Olympia (470 - 457 B.C.) |
The Tholos. Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia. From Delphi. |
The temple of Apollo from Delphi. |
The temple of Aphaia Athena. From Aegina. Doric order 5th.c.BC. |
Is one of the most important and best preserved monuments of the 5th
cent. BC. It stand near the ancient Arkadian city of Phigaleia in the
Western Peloponnese at an altitude of 1130 m. According to tradition its
architect was Iktinos who designed the Parthenon. It is a peripteral
temple in the Doric order with ionic elements in its interior, and at the
south edge of the cella there is the first example of a Corinthian column.
The temple , 38.24x14.48 m at the level of the stylobate , is built of
local limestone , marble being used in only a very few places. The marble
plaques of the Ionic frieze , depicting scenes from the Centauromachy and
the Amazonomachy , are nowadays housed in the British Museum. |
The temple of Poseidon from the archaeological area of Sounion. |
The temple of the Kabeirian. From the north Aegean island of Samothrace
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The Portara. From the port of Naxos - Cyclades. |
The Great Propylaia. From the archaeological area of Eleusis. |