Temple of Apollo and Temple of Artemis

Today is the last day before Spring Break! Today we were assigned to find two images of Greek architecture and explain them. The first image I found was the Temple of Apollo:Temple of Apollo at Delphi
The temple of Apollo was built in the 7th c. B.C. in Delphi, Greece. It was a very big temple, but as you can see in the picture is was destroyed many times over the years. It was built by Trophonios and Agamedes, two legendary architects. The temple was built and named after the god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. It is known as the religious sanctuary sacred to honor Apollo. 



The next greek architecture I found was the Temple of Artemis:  Temple of Artemis at Ephesus | Series 'Seven Wonders of the World ...Temple of Artemis - Temple of Diana in Ephesus - Ephesus Travel Guide
Both of these pictures are of the Temple of Artemis, but the first one is what people beige it looked like from ancient days, and the second picture is what is left of it now. The temple was built in the 6th century B.C. and is located in the western coast of the Asia Minor, now a Turkey. It was huge and doubled ins size to some of the other temples. It was one of the seven wonders of the world. It had been destroyed and rebuilt 1 or two times, but in 401 B.C. was the final destruction of the temple by a Christian mob. Today there is very little left of it.




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