1. Greek Architecture

2. Greek Colums
What do you notice about them? What are the differences? What are the similarities?

3. The Parthenon Foundation limestone, columns marble Doric columns
Dedicated to goddess Athena
Finished 550 BC

4. Erechtheion Ionic Columns Completed in 406 BC
Dedicated to Athena, Poseidon, Hephaestus, and an Athenian hero Boutus

5. Temple of Nike
Finished 424 BC
Ionic Columns
Nike means victory

6. Temple of Olympian Zeus
Corinthian architecture
Began construction 2nd century
What kind of columns are these?

7. Temple of Neptune
Built 460 BC
What kind of columns do you see?

8. Sanctuary of Athena at Delphi
Home to oracle of Apollo
It’s hard to see but what columns do you think they are and why?

9. Amphitheater of Epidaurus
Built in 4th Century BC
Known for its acoustics

10. Lions Gate
Mycenae, Greece
1250 BC

11. Jefferson Memorial How are these like the Greek columns?
How are they different?

12. Lincoln Memorial
Which structure from Greece would you compare this to?

13. White House
Notice the columns of the White House, why do you think they only used them in the center of the building?

14. White House Close Up

15. Utah State Capitol Building
What message do you think the architect was trying to give by putting so many columns?