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Greek temples were often designed to serve as protect statues within Greek sanctuaries in Greek paganism. The temples usually indirectly served as a cult purpose, meanwhile the sacrifices and rituals devoted to the respective divinity took place outside them. Temples were frequently used to store votive offerings. They are the most widespread and known building type in Greek architecture. There are artists today who have tried to mimic artists in ancient Greece, but have failed miserably. One of the most significant features to come out of Greek art is the architecture, most prominent the three architectural orders of ancient Greece, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. The workings of this order has a systematic order of inter dependable parts whose scopes are based upon mathematical ratios. The basic components of all three orders are the columns. Although most of us do not know this order, they see it every day. The Doric order has shafts that composed of drums seated on top of a sty lobate. The shafts do not have bases in the Doric order like they do in the others. At the top of each column lies an entablature and at the top of each entablature lies a pediment. The Doric order was mainly used in Greek and Rome and was the earliest of the three orders. The Doric order came about in a definite form in 7th century B.C, but it was not widely used until the 19th century during the Greek revival which was an architectural movement that took place between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. There are many buildings that use the Doric order, but the one of most famous example is the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. The Doric order in ancient Greece has been used for many centuries now and it has led to the creation of buildings such as the Parthenon. The Ionic order has a shaft that lies on top of a base and unlike the Doric order its shafts are not composed of drums. At the uppermost part of the shaft lies a capital and the combination of a base, shaft and capital make up a column of the Ionic order. The Ionic order came about in 6th century B.C in Ionia. The use of the Ionic order was most prominent during the Archaic Period (750-480 BCE). Many ancient Greek buildings have used the Ionic order, but the most famous one is the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. As with many of the rulers in ancient times, it was their desire to rule over as much land as possible. The same can be said about Mausolus when he served as the satrap of Caria after Hecatomnus, his father died. Mausolus ruled over the region with his Queen and sister Artemisia for 24 years. While ruling Mausolus decided it was best to build a new capital for the region he ruled. He chose the town of Halicarnassus which had port access on one side and high land access the other. Mausolus and Artemisia put significant amounts of money into the city in order to make it one of the most glorious cities in those times. The final contribution the two of them would make to the city would be their Tomb located near the center of the city overlooking the harbor called the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. .It has been said the Shrine of Remembrance was inspired by Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. The shrine was built in Victoria to serve as a memorial to the warriors who had died to protect its people. It is the largest memorial and serve as Melbourne’s most recognized landmark.

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