Why Were Greek Religious Temples So Important
Ancient Greek Religious
Temples.
By: Sydney Fry
Thesis
The Greek religious temples were very important to the ancient Greek people because they were
used to worship the gods.
Why were the greek religious temples so important?
Why were greek religious temples so important?
In ancient greece, greek gods were the way of explaining life. They believed that the gods took care of them after they died so the temples acted as homes for the gods. Since the gods lived forever the temple needed to last forever.
How did they make temples?
. Temples were not often
made with everyday items. They would be made with more expensive and rare items such as, stone and marble. Temples were decorated carefully with a lot of detail on the inside and out. The marble would be, carved, polished, and painted. Temples would sometimes be partly gold therefor, Pretty expensive. The more important the god was, the more work a priest or priestess had to do on the temple.
comparison
Greek religious temples:
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Timeline:
Zues’s temple was built
Athenas temple was built
Posideon temple was built
432
BC
427 bc
440 bc
State Standards
For the history standards i hit, 4.1,4.1.1, 4.3.1,
resources:
https://www.google.com/search?q=when%2Bwas%2Bzueses%2Btemple%2Bbuilt&rlz=1CAHPZV_enUS787&oq=when%2Bwas%2Bz ueses%2Btemple%2Bbuilt&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.8828j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on. Shuter, Jane. Life in a Greek temple. Oxford: Heinemann Library, 2006.
Sakoulas, T. (n.d.). The Parthenon. Retrieved March 08, 2018, from http://ancient-greece.org/architecture/parthenon.html
Google Slides - create and edit presentations online, for free. (n.d.). Retrieved March 08, 2018, from https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1l9FWfK9gW3LgKKLNfoTN623nGefCd65oGDDkN9JFywo/edit#slide=id.g324bddd717_0_0 (n.d.). Retrieved March 09, 2018, from https://www.google.com/search?q=Why%2Bwere%2Bgreek%2Breligious%2Btemples%2Bso%2Bimportant%3F&rlz=1CAHPZV_enU S787&oq=Why%2Bwere%2Bgreek%2Breligious%2Btemples%2Bso%2Bimportant%3F&aqs=chrome..69i57.1796j0j7&sourceid=chro me&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on The End
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Temples.
By: Sydney Fry
Thesis
The Greek religious temples were very important to the ancient Greek people because they were
used to worship the gods.
Why were the greek religious temples so important?
Why were greek religious temples so important?
In ancient greece, greek gods were the way of explaining life. They believed that the gods took care of them after they died so the temples acted as homes for the gods. Since the gods lived forever the temple needed to last forever.
How did they make temples?
. Temples were not often
made with everyday items. They would be made with more expensive and rare items such as, stone and marble. Temples were decorated carefully with a lot of detail on the inside and out. The marble would be, carved, polished, and painted. Temples would sometimes be partly gold therefor, Pretty expensive. The more important the god was, the more work a priest or priestess had to do on the temple.
comparison
Greek religious temples:
`
Timeline:
Zues’s temple was built
Athenas temple was built
Posideon temple was built
432
BC
427 bc
440 bc
State Standards
For the history standards i hit, 4.1,4.1.1, 4.3.1,
resources:
https://www.google.com/search?q=when%2Bwas%2Bzueses%2Btemple%2Bbuilt&rlz=1CAHPZV_enUS787&oq=when%2Bwas%2Bz ueses%2Btemple%2Bbuilt&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.8828j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on. Shuter, Jane. Life in a Greek temple. Oxford: Heinemann Library, 2006.
Sakoulas, T. (n.d.). The Parthenon. Retrieved March 08, 2018, from http://ancient-greece.org/architecture/parthenon.html
Google Slides - create and edit presentations online, for free. (n.d.). Retrieved March 08, 2018, from https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1l9FWfK9gW3LgKKLNfoTN623nGefCd65oGDDkN9JFywo/edit#slide=id.g324bddd717_0_0 (n.d.). Retrieved March 09, 2018, from https://www.google.com/search?q=Why%2Bwere%2Bgreek%2Breligious%2Btemples%2Bso%2Bimportant%3F&rlz=1CAHPZV_enU S787&oq=Why%2Bwere%2Bgreek%2Breligious%2Btemples%2Bso%2Bimportant%3F&aqs=chrome..69i57.1796j0j7&sourceid=chro me&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on The End
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