HISTORY OF GREEK ARCHITECTURE TEMPLE OF HEPHAESTOS No.1 : Temple
of Hephaestos; Greece, Athens 450-440 B.C. - The Temple of
Hephaestos is located at the west end of old Agora of Athens. -
Athena and Hephaestos were enshrined. The temple is one of the
best preserved tmple. In Byzantz time, the temple was used as
St. Gorge Chapel. - The base is 4.45m x 32.53m square and center
of the base is slightly raised up as the temple of Parthenon.
The proportion of the base is almost 4 by 9 which is same as the
Temple of Parthenon but the temple of Hephaestos is smaller than
the cella of the Partenon. There are 6 Doric columns in front
and 13 in side. Their entasis are lighter than the Parthenon.
photo: TAKAHIRO TAJI [No.2]View of the Temple [No.3]Detail of
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