Greek Architecture


Temple of Apollo, Corinth/ Temple of Hera, Silenus/ Temple of Hera I & II, Paestum/ Temple of Hera I "Basilica" Paestum/ Temple of Hera II, Paestum/ Temple of Athena (Minerva), Paestum/ Temple F (Temple of Concord) Agrigento/ Temple (uncompleted) Segesta/ Temple of Aphaia, Aegina/ Site View, Delphi/ Temple of Apollo, Delphi/ Theatre of Apollo, Delphi/ Treasury of the Athenians, Delphi/ Stadium above Sanctuary of Apollo/ Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia: Tholos, Delphi/ Temple of Hephaistos ("Theseion")/ The Parthenon/ Temple of Athena Nike/ Erechtheum/ Theater of Dionysos, Athens/ Choragic Monument of Lysicrates/ "Tower of the Winds" (Horologia)


Temple of Apollo, Corinth

view from SW/ view from NE
ca. 540 BCE, Archaic, Temple of Apollo, Corinth: view from SW




Temple of Hera (Temple "E") Silenus

view from SW/ view from NW/ view from N
ca.480-460 BCE, Magna Graecea, Temple "E" (Temple of Hera), Selinus: view from SW




"Basilica" Temple of Hera I & Temple of Hera II, Paestum

Distant view view from SE
ca. 550 BCE, "Basilica" Temple of Hera I (L. foreground); and ca. 460 BCE, Temple of Poseidon "Temple of Hera II" (R. background), Paestum




Temple of Hera I, Paestum

view from NE/ view from E/ view from SE (E. colonnade)/ Detail SE corner/ Detail entasis/ Detail of Archaic style Doric capital with wide echinus
ca. 550-530 BCE, "Basilica" Temple of Hera I , Paestum




Temple of Poseidon (Temple of Hera II), Paestum

view from SE/ E. Facade/ Detail entablature, SE Corner)/ Detail of double colonnade of cella
ca. 460 BCE, Temple of Poseidon (Temple of Hera II), Paestum




Temple of Athena (Minerva)

View from E. with sacrificial altar
ca. 510 BCE, Temple of Athena (Minerva) [aka. Temple of Demeter (Ceres)] , Paestum




Temple F (Temple of (Concord)

View from E./ SE Detail of colonnade and entablature/ SE Detail of colonnade and entablature
ca. 430 BCE, Temple F (Temple of Concord), Akragas: Agrigento




Temple (uncompleted),Segesta

View from SE/ View from SE/ View from SE./ Detail, unfinished stone bosses on stylobate and stereobate levels of N. side
ca. 424-416 BCE, Temple (uncompleted), Segesta




Temple of Aphaia, Aegina

View from E/ Detail of entrance ramp and colonnade/ Detail SE Corner/ Detail E. Side
ca. 500-480 BCE, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina




Delphi: Site View from NW

Site view/ Site view from NW. with portion of the Sacred Way
Delphi: site view from NW.: Theatre of Apollo [foreground], mid-4th century B.C.; Temple of Apollo [C.], orig. mid-6th century B.C. (rebuilt 366-326 B.C.)




Temple of Apollo, Delphi

View from NW/ View from NW
Mid-6th century B.C. (Alkmeionid E. front, 513-505 B.C.; rebuilt 366-326 B.C.) Temple of Apollo, Delphi




Theatre of Apollo

View from NW
Mid-4th C BCE, Theater of Apollo, Delphi




Treasury of the Athenians

View from NE along Sacred Way/ View from SE/ View of Front Entrance
ca. 490-480 BCE, Treasury of the Athenians, Delphi




Stadium above the Sanctuary of Apollo

Detail view from E/ View from E
5th C BCE, Stadium above Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi




Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia: Tholos

Tholos/ view from SE. in the Marmarium/ View of Valley/
ca. 380-350 BCE, Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia: Tholos, Delphi




Temple of Hephaistos ("Theseion")

View from N slope of Acropolis/ View from SE across the agora/ View from E above the agora/ View from E w/Odeon of Agrippa capital/ View of E end from South/ Detail SE corner/ Detail NE corner/ Detail SW corner column/ Detail of E colonnade, seen from NE
447-438 BCE, Temple of Hephaistos, by Kallikrates, Athens




The Parthenon

West Front/ View from Philopappus Hill/ View from NW/ Detail of NW corner/ NW corner seen from W/ Detail of W front/ View from Propylaea/ Detail of NW corner / Detail of SW / East front / Main portion of E front / Detail of E front seen from E/ Detail of E front seen from E/
438-432 BCE, The Parthenon, by Iktinos & Kallikrates, Athens, Acropolis




The Temple of Athena Nike

View from E/ View from E/ View from NE through Propylaea/ View with portion of Propylaea (seen from Areopagus rock)
425-523 BCE, Temple of Athena Nike, by Iktinos & Kallikrates, Athens, Acropolis




Erechtheum

General view/ View from N/ View from E Portico/ View S Porch/ Detail/ Detail of Caryatid Figure/ Detail of Caryatid Figure
421-406 BCE , Erechtheum, Athens, Acropolis




Theater of Dionysos, Athens

Overall View S/ Site view from NE/ View, with skene dating to Roman times/ Detail view from W/
500-400 BCE (rebuilt 338-326 BCE) C BCE, Theater of Dionysos, Athens




Choragic Monument of Lysicrates

General view/ General view amidst excavations
ca. 334 BCE, Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens




Tower of the Winds (Horologia)

View from SW/ View from E with Library of Hadrian/ Detail of sculptural relief / View from SW, with Mount Lykabettus in distance
ca. 40 BCE, "Tower of the Winds" (Horologia), Athens






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