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Architecture
Initial temples were simple and rectangular
Two columns at entrance
Columns around perimeter (peripteral)
Column styles
Doric Ionic Corinthian
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Architecture
The Parthenon
Erected by Pericles as a tribute to Athena
Funding from Delian League
Phidias was sculptor in charge
Combined Doric columns with Ionic features
Columns are thinner at the top
Tip towards each other
Corners thicker
Floor is convex
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