Ancient Greek

Temples
By
Taran Balakrishnan
 Introduction
• Greek Temples were
buildings made to keep
statues of different gods.
• Temples were the most
important structures of
Greek architecture.
• Temples were used for
making offerings to the
gods.
 Types of Greek Temples
• There are three types of Greek temples: Doric,
Ionic and Corinthian based on the types of
columns present in them.

Corinthian
Doric Ionic
 What’s inside a Greek temple?
• Inside a temple was a
wooden or bronze statue
of the god/goddess to Statue of
whom the temple was Athena,
made for. from the
Parthenon
• Only priests were Temple
allowed near the statue.
• People brought
valuables, food, gems
and incense as offerings.
 Famous Greek Temples
• The most famous Greek
temple is the Parthenon
or Acropolis in Athens.

• The temple of Zeus in

Athens is also a popular
tourist spot
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