List of Ancient Greek temples

Each ancient Greek temple was dedicated to a specific god within the pantheon and was used in part as a storehouse for votive offerings.

Unlike a church, the interior space was not used as a meeting place, but held trophies and a large cult statue of the deity.

A number of surviving temple-like structures are circular, and are referred to as tholos (Ancient Greek: "dome").

[2] The core of the building is a masonry-built naos within which is a cella, a windowless room originally housing the statue of the god.

The cella generally has a porch (pronaos) before it, and perhaps a second chamber (antenaos) serving as a treasury or repository for trophies and gifts.