Classical Studies 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Portico, Amazonomachy, Chryselephantine Sculpture

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2500A/B
• Professor: Beth Greene

Document Summary

First temple plan circa 750-700 bce: mudbrick walls, stone foundation, centre roof support of timber beams. Second temple plan circa 650 bce: covered colonnade was added (peristyle, central roof support lost. Third and fourth temples circa 560-530 bce. An altar outside of the structure was actually used for ritual offerings and worship. The entire sacred area is usually delineated by a low way. Popular on the mainland and in the west. Mudbrick walls, stone foundation and timber columns with clay metopes surrounding the top of the outside of the temple. Mudbrick walls and stone foundation with timber columns gradually replaced with stone. Pediment: medusa flanked by panthers (apotropaic imagery used to warn off danger as the faces are facing outward. East pediment: zeus stands between king oinomaos and pelops before the chariot race of the princess" hand. West pediment: apollo stands in the midst of the centauromachy where the lapiths and theseus fight with the centaurs assaulting the women.