The Abraham Lincoln's memorial looks just like an a Ancient Greek temple except that the facade roof isn't as triangular as the Greek temples. It has a flat roof but in the middle there's a very small triangle. The roof is probably the only thing that would separate it from a Greek temple except maybe the fact that every thing is in English and the fact that it is a memorial to honor Lincoln's greatness in freeing the slaves and not a temple worshipping a god or gods.
The pillars in the front of the building were definitely made in the ancient Greek style and the room behind them too. The statue behind the pillars of Abraham Lincoln sitting down was where the statue of Athena in the Parthenon would be. The only thing that wasn't totally copied from a Greek temple was the statue of Abe Lincoln. He wasn't a god wearing a toga either. He wore his suit. On the walls to the left and right of Abraham Lincoln, there were two of his famous speeches carved onto the white marble ( the choice of stone was also very Greek). I read the whole speech that was on the left of the statue, but I only got around to reading the first five lines on the top and bottom of the other speech. The speeches were about how Lincoln thought that some time we'Il have to free the slaves and stuff like that. I think the speeches were kind of boring.
I thought that it was kind of weak that we've tried to copy the Ancient Greeks to such an extent that practically all of our government buildings have at least Greek columns and are made out of white marble and democracy was the Athenians idea and it worked perfectly until the Romans conquered Athens. What bugs me about every one copying the Ancient Greeks ( especially the Ancient Romans) is that they don't get much credit for the work that we copy.
UBy Kayley Rolph
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