Some rooms appear to have been illuminated by skylights.
The chambers were lit by a single large doorway, fitted with a wrought iron grill. The cella generally has a porch ( pronaos) before it, and perhaps a second chamber ( antenaos) serving as a treasury or repository for trophies and gifts. The core of the building is a masonry-built naos within which is a cella, a windowless room originally housing the statue of the god. Early examples, such as the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, have two steps but the majority, like the Parthenon, have three, with the exceptional example of the Temple of Apollo, Didyma, having six. The temple rises from a stepped base ( stylobate) which elevates the structure above the ground on which it stands. Unlike a church, the interior space was not used as a meeting place, but held trophies and a large cult statue of the deity. There are three clearly defined styles: the Doric order, found throughout Greece, Sicily and Italy the Ionic order, from Asia Minor, with examples in Greece and the more ornate Corinthian order, used initially only for interiors, becoming more widely used during the Hellenistic period from the 1st century BC onwards and used extensively by Roman architects.Įach ancient Greek temple was dedicated to a specific god within the pantheon and was used in part as a storehouse for votive offerings. Ancient Greek architecture was of very regular form, the construction being post and lintel.
This list of ancient Greek temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy (" Magna Graecia"), wherever there were Greek colonies, and the establishment of Greek culture. The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, (174 BC–132 AD), with the Parthenon (447–432 BC) in the background
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