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http://agathe.gr/guide/hephaisteion.html Hephaisteion Overlooking the Agora from the hill to the west (Kolonos Agoraios), is the Hephaisteion, the best preserved example of a Doric temple in mainland Greece (Fig. 12). It was dedicated jointly ... The Theseus scenes gave rise to the popular name of the temple, the "Theseion," which survives in the name of the district of the modern city and the nearby Metro stop. ... Traces of a garden planted around the temple in the 3rd century B.C. were found in the excavations. ... The Hephaisteion ("Theseion"), seen from across the Agora, ca. 460–415 B.C. |
http://agathe.gr/overview/the_site_before_excavation.html The Site before Excavation The Agora lies on sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis, below and east of the extraordinarily well-preserved Doric temple of Hephaistos, popularly known as the “Theseion” ... The last destruction occurred in 1826, the result of a siege of the Acropolis during the Greek War of Independence. ... (a.) "Theseion", (b.) Marble Giants, (c.) ... The Stoa of Attalos (c) was cleared of debris by the Greek Archaeological Society in 1859/1862 and 1898/1902, the extension of the Athens/Piraeus railroad (d) cut through the northern part of the site in 1890/1, and other areas (e.g., e) were opened up by German and Greek archaeologists in 1896/7 and 1907/8. |
http://agathe.gr/guide/history_of_the_agora.html History of the Agora The excavations of the Athenian Agora have uncovered about thirty acres on the sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis (Fig. 3). Material of all periods from the Late Neolithic to ... Temples were built in the Agora to accommodate worship of the imperial family [25], and a great Odeion [24] or concert hall was set down in the middle of the square late in the 1st century B.C. ... Hard times began in the 3rd century, when the city was destroyed by northern invaders, the Herulians, in A.D. 267. ... The buildings show the effects of further barbarian incursions: Visigoths under Alaric in A.D. 395, the Vandals in the 470s, and the Slavs in 582/3. |
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