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//__ The Traditions Of Ancient Greece Influencing The Modern History World __//

// **In this article I will be comparing the Hephaiston Temple and the Carnegie library. Not only will I be talking about these two buildings I will also be addressing other things.** // // **Ancient Greece, when you hear this you may think of big buildings with backgrounds filled with a lot of meaning and purpose. The Hephaiston Temple is one building in ancient Greece that has influenced many other buildings in our world today. One of those buildings being influenced by the Hephaiston Temple would have to be the Carnegie Library, located on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University; in West Charlotte. Both of these beautiful buildings share many characteristics, one being the columns. The columns that both the Hephaiston Temple and the Carnegie Library share are Doric columns. Doric columns are the most plain columns in ancient Greece out of the other two columns (Ionic and Corinthian). Yet the Doric columns have character and it brings a buildings meaning.** // //**Around 460 to 450 BCE an amazing building located on the west side of the Agora, was created. This building was called the Hephaiston Temple. In Greece the majority of all the buildings are dedicated to something. The Hephaiston Temple is dedicated to two gods, Hephaestus; god of fire and Athena; god of wisdom. The Hephaiston Temple is a piece of art work. This building alone is made out of marble. Yes marble, to be exact Pentelic and Parian marble. When you see pictures of the Hephaiston, you may notice all the Doric columns surrounding the building. To me those Doric columns give the building it's character.**//  //**In modern history to go along with the Hephaiston Temple, we have the Carnegie library. The Carnegie library is a very educational building filled with books and offices. The beauty of the Carnegie Library is not only the interior of the building it is the columns; Doric. The Doric columns give the building its beauty and class. Do you think the Carnegie Library was influenced by the Hephaiston Temple? Absolutely. As time pass historic inventions and creations may leave too, or there can be some inventions that carry on throughout time; like the Doric columns. Architects may have a vision of how they want a building to look like. A reference architects may use could possibly be historic buildings.**// //** With that said modern buildings was most definitely influenced by historic buildings. **//