They were built to house statues of the gods. The were also used as places of refuge and a protected place to stash money and other valuables.
Greek temples were massive buildings built to impress. The temples had multiple columns lining the front and statues of important people and idols.
He built over 70 Greek-style cities, which included temples.
slaves built most every temple ,but some poor people built temples to.
Throughout ancinet Greek history there have been many temples to Apollo built.
YesAnswer 2:Generally, Hermes did not have temples. His statue was placed everywhere.
They built them when they originally began to ocupy the area of the eastern Mediterranean three thousand years ago. At first they were built of wood, but in the mid 1st Millennium BCE they switched to stone. These stone temples were built in the Greek cities around the Mediterranean and Black Seas thereafter over the next millennium.
Greek temples were massive buildings built to impress. The temples had multiple columns lining the front and statues of important people and idols.
The temple is Roman built on Phoenician foundations.
They worshiped and paid tribute to their gods. They built temples to the gods.
.... built lots of temples and statues.
The Aztecs Built Temples.
Greek temples were completely surrounded by porticos.