Temple of Apollo

Temple of Apollo

ca. 450-425 BCE

1823

Iktinos

Greek

Single Built Works

Greece (nation)

Vassai (deserted settlement)

Classical

temples (buildings)

columns (architectural elements)

Doric order

Apollo (Greek deity)

View of the Doric Temple dedicated to Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, Greece. "Doric peripteral temple, 6 x 15 columns, with cella (divided into 2 sections) having a pronaos and an opisthodomos, both distyle in antis. Unusual north-south orientation, but a door opening east from the adyton at the rear of the cella. A row of 5 Ionic semi-columns on each side of the cella, attached to the cella wall by spur walls. The southernmost pair of columns had spur walls at 45 degree angles to the cella wall and had Corinthian capitals, as did the column between them ... dedicated to Apollo Epicurius. Designed by the architect Ictinus. Among other unusual features of this temple is an interior Ionic frieze above the Ionic and Corinthian columns of the cella,"--Perseus Digital Library.

limestone

38.24 x 14.48 meters

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