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GCSE Classics · key term
An image of a deity housed in a temple and associated with that deity’s worship.
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Revise: GreeceA Greek temple was primarily a house for a god, rather than a hall in which a congregation gathered for a service. Its main room, the naos, housed the cult statue: an image of the deity honoured there. The Latin name for this room is cella.
An image of a deity that served as a focus of religious worship.
Keep the Parthenon’s architects, Iktinos and Kallikrates, distinct from Phidias, who supervised its sculpture and created its cult statue.
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An image of a deity housed in a temple and associated with the worship of that deity.
An image of a deity which served as a focus of religious worship.