My brother and I have been learning about the Greeks and my, have we learned a lot! Some of our government ideas came from them. The style of columns on the Abe Lincoln Memorial, the Capitol building, and the National Building Museum all are from the Greeks. The word "marathon" comes from a man who had to run 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to tell them they beat the Persians. But unfortunately the man died because he had run to Sparta the day before and didn't rest in between. The Parthenon was a temple where they worshiped their goddess, Athena, which is how Athens got its name.
Is there any thing else you'd like to know about the Greeks?
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what types of columns did you learn about?
The Lincoln Memorial's columns: Doric
The U.S. Capitol's columns: Corinthian
The National Building Museum's columns: also Corinthian
I am learning about Greek Columns in my American Art History class...lots of buildings were based on the Greeks ideas...google a picture of the Wainright Building...one of the first "sky scrapers". It looks a lot like a column :)
That's pretty cool, cadi.
Btw...comments by "Mary" are Evan's if it is in response to a question.
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