Temples

Sacred area devoted to religious uses

Religious ceremonies held there

Used in religious festivals

Cleanse self of pollution (sin) --> polluted bu newborn/dead person, sex or some crime

Offering to god

Ask for favour from god

Place where people go to honour/worship gods

Show their devotion/piety

Sacrifice

Make votive offerings

Sanctuary contains temple, altar, other buildings (treasury, thetre, stadium), basin of water at entrance, is walled, isolated from city, large

The altar is outside

Focal point for worship

Offerings from sacrifice left on altar

Gathered in a circle by altar where fire is lit

Cult statue for specific god would be in the main room of temple (Naos)

Soe were huge or very fancy

People visited to give offerings

Agalma is a cult-image meaning thing of delight

Temples were built to house the cult statue among reasons

Temples were bult to be home of the god

Show reverence to the gods (would be superior to mortal's house)

Place to give offerings to god

Celebrate nation's skill &P identity

Demonstarte wealth & power to visitors

Provide space for social gatherings

3 rooms: Opisthdoms (housed treasure) , Pronaos (porch into naos, had valuable offerings) & naos (main room, had cult staute, only priest and assistants used regularly)

Oriented easy east-west to allow sunlight & open fronted so visitors see cult image from far

Decoration for gods not people so high up to be in cult statue eye line. 

Hill to seperate from rest of city and is visible