Editor’s note: This unusual paper appears by invitation as an illustration of Lucio
Russo’s far-reaching influence. The author writes:
The present contribution is aimed at stimulating some reflections on the fracture
existing (and enlarging) between what were famously called “the two cultures” by
C. P. Snow in his influential book (Snow, C. P.,
The two cultures and the scientificrevolution: The Rede Lecture. Cambridge Univ. P., 1959). The focus is on the
architecture of Greek temples of Classical and Hellenistic age. At the same
time, some possibility to fill the gap is described, based on my experience
and my scientific interaction with Lucio Russo, to whom this editorial is
dedicated.
