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2007-06-25 05:21:47 · 9 answers · asked by RICHARD N 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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The most impressive buildings in most Greek cities were the temples. There were many temples in every city, and each of them was dedicated to a different god or group of gods. The most impressive temples in a city were often built of stone, sometimes even marble; for example, the Parthenon. The Greeks did not gather together inside the temple to worship their gods, they gathered outside. The temple's main function was to house the offerings to the gods. Often the largest and most expensive offering was a statue of the god. The statue of Athena in the Parthenon, for example, was made of gold and ivory, was almost 12 metres high and contained approximately 1144kg of gold. The statue of Zeus in the temple at Olympia was considered one of the wonders of the ancient world.

Because the Greeks gathered outside, rather than inside their temples, there was usually not very much space inside a temple and the building was really meant to look best from the outside. Although the ruins that we see of temples today tend to be very plain, in ancient times they were usually covered in sculptures, and parts of the temple were painted, mostly in blue and red. Often the sculptures on the temples depicted myths that were important to the god or the city which built the temple.

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2007-06-25 05:32:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

Ancient Greek urns.

2007-06-25 06:09:10 · answer #2 · answered by Norman W 3 · 0 1

The statue of the god and the temple treasure.
The worship, ie sacrifices, was done outside.

2007-06-25 07:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

in their temples?

why, brains, of course!

2007-06-26 02:17:20 · answer #4 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0 1

outside temple hookers

2007-06-25 06:49:13 · answer #5 · answered by harlin42 3 · 0 0

statues, alters, priests, things like that.

2007-06-25 09:38:30 · answer #6 · answered by Emmy W. 3 · 0 0

brains

2007-06-26 09:09:50 · answer #7 · answered by tim 5 · 0 0

idols, gold, guards things like that.

2007-06-25 05:31:25 · answer #8 · answered by Denver N 2 · 0 0

well im the only one haha you stupid______ you can fill in the blank if you want

2016-05-19 23:31:54 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

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