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Essay Archive - Greek Architecture
Greek Architecture
Greek influence is visable in everything that we have today. Our laws, cities
and even our system of goverment all come from asppects of greek civilization,
but maybe what we have been influenced the most gy the greeks is in
architecture. Maybe the reason this is, is that it was a new form of
architecture that had little to do with function and everything to do with looks.
Agood example is the Greek temple. They were built in honor of the gods, but
the architects were most likely more concerned with beauty than function.
Unlike the Romans who used the arch to support ....
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