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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LOX_the-old-temple-of-athena_Athina-GR.html
The large Archaic temple to the south of the Erechtheion, which today preserves only its foundations, was called the "Old Temple" according to epigraphic evidence. Dedicated to Athena Polias, the patron deity of the city, it housed the xoanon, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LOL_the-parthenon_Athina-GR.html
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The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to Athena Parthenos (Virgin). It is built in the Doric order and made of white Pentelic marble with a width of 30.86 meters, a length of 69.51 meters and a height of 15 meters. It has an outer c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LNT_a-the-sanctuary-of-artemis-brauronia-b-the-chalkotheke_Athina-GR.html
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A. The sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia
After passing through the Propylaia, the sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia, the so-called Brauronion, lies to the right of the processional way of the Acropolis. It was associated with the ear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LMW_the-erechtheion_Athina-GR.html
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The elegant building of the Ionic order is called, according to later literary sources, Erechtheion from the name of Erechtheus, the mythical king of Athens. The construction started before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (4…