Ancient Greece has always fascinated me. I studied their language in high school, and this year I visited Greece itself. And although I've been fond of their architecture since a long time, I was impressed by everything I saw there. People say that Greece is just a pile of ancient rocks. But I say that pile of rocks is quite a sight. This inspired me to build some columns in Lego. The Dorian order is very typical for Greece, but not much of a challenge for Lego. I had a go at the Ionian order, but that turned out way to big. Spirals are really hard to do. I was left with the Corinthian order. Although not the most typical for Ancient Greece, the design fascinates me. With the acanthus-leaves, it looks like a tree. It makes temples look like an extention of nature. Not a better thing to do if you want to provoce the super-natural. So this is what I came up with. I wanted to make it more or less in minifig scale, and I think I managed that. The tooth pieces made nice leaves, and the rest followed. The problem was fitting as many as possible in a small space. The eight-bar-rings prooved to be pretty handy. I used three of the in the capital, and one in the base. It really is the heart of this model. The actual column was rather hard to make. The technique from the Lego website made a column with eight tiles forming a cilinder. That was too small. I ended up with twelve tiled, connected by the cross/steering wheel/whinch/I-don't-know-what-to-call-it-piece. And voilà, here is the result. I'm not too happy with the base, but that's not the main focus, and perhaps the pillar should be a little longer. But that shouldn't be too hard to change, and it had to fit on the picture anyway. So despite its flaws, I hope you like it. This design could be used in numerous Greek or Roman builds, and I made sure there were studs on the top and on the bottom to connect it. I hope you get inspired...