considerations nor any material benefits. Instead, the materials were used because they manifested the stability, strength and fierce pride of the community (Kostof 121). Therefore, the Greek temple was adorned with public statues of young men and women who were chosen for their exceptional physical ability and their ethical conduct. Coupled with the painted terra-cotta and stone reliefs depicting the deeds of immortals and half-mortals, the architecture and sculpture wove together the religious and social beliefs of the people who worshipped the immortals as their ancestors and celebrated the mortals of their own time (Kostof 122).
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