The Greek temple customarily stood in a temenos, or sacred enclosure, along with accessory shrines, colonnades, and buildings housing the temple treasures. B.C., although the most perfect examples, like the Parthenon (5th cent. The superb stone and marble buildings on a defined floor plan were achieved in the middle of the 6th cent. "The Dorian immigration (before 1000 B.C.) was a prelude to the building of Greek temples, at first made of timber and sun-dried brick. Since the monument was designed in the Greek Doric style, let's take a look at what the encyclopedia says about this style. show well-defined architectural forms, it seems likely that temples were hewed in living rock at a still earlier age: the cave temples of Egypt, India, China, and the Mediterranean basin may be viewed as later developments of such primitive shrines." Although remains of Egyptian temples of c.2000 B.C. The temple has been employed in most of the world's religions. "Temple, edifice or sometimes merely an enclosed area dedicated to the worship of a deity and the enshrinement of holy objects connected with such worship.
The first line of the Epithet reads "in this temple." Columbia Encyclopedia defines temple as follows. It is a breathtaking and awe inspiring sight, but there are a couple of things that grabbed my attention. The massive statue of Lincoln is sitting on a throne, and above his head are the words "In this Temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever." Ok, so Lincoln's monument looks like the Temple of Zeus. Here is a pic of what the Temple of Zeus looked like. If Lincoln were able to see the monument to him, I think he would.I don't think he would like it very much at all.Ībraham Lincoln was a devout Christian, so why did they design his monument in the Greek Doric temple style? What would Lincoln say about the building which houses his statue having Paganistic overtures? Here is the Lincoln Memorial pictured below. The Lincoln monument is an awe inspiring site, and it is one of our national treasures. He holds the the distinction of being the first republican president. Through his efforts he was able to preserve the union at a time when it was most threatened. If someone were to force me to answer the question "who is your favorite president?", I would have to answer Abraham Lincoln.
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