El Ithempeli likaHephaestus Itholakala ohlangothini olusentshonalanga ye- Agora ku I-Acropolis, yakhiwe ku- 449 BC. ngo Ictinus, omunye wabadwebi bezakhiwo abadumile I-Parthenon. Kwakungesinye sezakhiwo zokuqala ezifakwe ohlelweni lokwakhiwa kabusha kwe Pericles futhi inokukhethekile kokuba yi ithempeli le-doric eligcinwe kahle kakhulu wabo bonke Greece.
Kunikezelwe ku I-Hephaestus, unkulunkulu wekhanda futhi sizungezwe izisekelo nezinsimbi. Ine Amakholomu angama-34 futhi a uFriso ohlangothini olungasempumalanga olukhuluma ngendaba ye- ukusebenza okuyishumi nambili kweHeracles (Hercules). Yize ingeyona enkulu njenge- I-Parthenon, kuwumsebenzi wobuciko obuyigugu nesikhumbuzo esimangalisayo. Cishe ngonyaka we-1300 BC kwaba yisonto lika- Ama-Agios georgios, kodwa waqeda izinkonzo zakhe ngoSepthemba 1834 ngokufika kuka U-Otto I ku-Athenas.
Ebhekene nenyakatho-mpumalanga, uzokwazi ukuqonda izisekelo ze Isitoko sikaZeus Eleuterio, enye yezindawo eziningi lapho USocrates wadalula imibono yakhe. Ngemuva kwalokho bazobona i- basileios stoa kanye nesitobha sikaPoikile, yize zivaliwe emphakathini, zingabongwa ngokuphelele kusuka ku- Ithempeli likaHephaestus.
Njengengxenye eyengeziwe yolwazi, ngizokutshela ukuthi eningizimu-mpumalanga yethempeli kwakukhona okusha usentube (igumbi lomkhandlu), lapho iSenate idalwe khona USolon, ngenkathi izinhloko zikahulumeni zihlangana ku- tholos jikeleza eningizimu.
Indawo ekhetheke ngempela, egcwele i umlando kanye nezinganekwane lokho kuzozibamba, kumangaze ukuzwa okuncane nge onkulunkulu bama-olympic, noma uthande ukwakhiwa ne- izakhiwo, noma ngabe kungenzeka kanjani, Ithempeli likaHephaestus kuzokuhlaba umxhwele.
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