1. Temple of Hephaestus/Theseion 2. Athens, Greece 3. The designer of the Temple of Hephaestus is unknown. The architect who built it was also the architect of The Parthenon. 4. The Temple of Hephaestus was first started being built in 449 BC, it was finished in 415 BC. 5. There were not that many different kinds of materials that built the Temple of Hephaestus. The main material was pentelic marble. The lowest step of the crepidoma was made from limestone. The decorative sculptures
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is Hephaestus. He is the Greek God/Goddess of Fire, stone masonry, art of sculpture. His parents are Zeus and Hera. They are the Goddess of King and Queen of the Gods. He & She are from Mount Olympus. One interesting fact about Hephaestus is that he made all the hand help weapons for the gods in Olympus. The Greek God Hephaestus is most important of their time, because he is famous for his artwork he made. He even had his own building on Olympia where he kept all his arts crafts. Hephaestus appearance
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people travel to learn of Athens’s past through the many edifices that remain standing to this day. In this class we will be studying the historical sites of Athens, Greece such as the Acropolis of Athens, the Theatre of Dionysus, and the Temple of Hephaestus. The first historical site the class will be studying is the Acropolis of Athens. During the Golden Age, Greeks created the Acropolis of Athens which contained at the time revolutionary structural building methods that created many ancient
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attention to his cries. The Wolf, having nothing to fear, took his time destroying the whole flock. Hephaestus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Hephaestus (disambiguation). |Hephaestus | |[pic] | |Hephaestus at the Forge by Guillaume Coustou the Younger (Louvre) | |God of Technology, Blacksmiths
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theatres and temples. The Doric style was predominantly applied in mainland Greece with a further spread to the Greek settlements in Italy. The Ionic style was applied in Ionia and the Aegean islands. At that, the Doric style was more austere and formal, whereas the Ionic was more decorative and relaxed. The styles are mostly reflected in the three orders of column capitals, bearing different decoration and design features. The examples of the Doric order are the Temple of Hephaestus and Parthenon
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Early Rome |The Greeks were responsible for various temples and such sculptures as the Parthenon, the temple at| |The Roman empire built some of the grandest structure amongst all other early civilizations. | |Hephaestus, and the concert hall Odeon. The three architectural styles the Greeks used to build | |The Romans built aqueducts, the amphitheaters, the coliseum, walls, temples, cathedrals, | |structures were Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
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standard order in Roman architecture. In ancient times the heavier Doric order was considered masculine and the Ionic order graceful and feminine (Sayre 2010). Greeks effectively used these architectural styles in constructing buildings, theaters and temples. The Doric style was primarily used in mainland Greece with a further spread to the Greek settlements in Italy. The Ionic style was used in Ionia and the Aegean islands. The Doric style was more rigid and formal, whereas the Ionic was more decorative
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Art and CultureArt in ancient GreeceThe Charioteer of Delphi, Delphi Archaeological Museum. One of the greatest surviving works of Greek sculpture, dating from about 470 B.C. Source:WikipediaThe art of ancient Greece has exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries from ancient times until the present, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests
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|Topics in cultural studies | |Comparing Early Greece and Rome | |[Differences Between Early Greece and Rome]
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never knew that Metis was pregnant with Athena. She birthed Athena inside of Zeus and made her a helmet, shield, and spear. Soon, Zeus was afflicted with deadly headaches and he ran to Hephaestus, the Greek god of blacksmiths, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes, and begged him to open his head. Hephaestus did as he was told, and out came Athena, dressed in her armor and prepared to fight a battle. Like all the Olympians, Athena was an immortal goddess and could not die. She was the most
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