Temple of Aphaia

Temple of Aphaia

500-490 BCE

1759

Single Built Works

Greece (nation)

Aegina (inhabited place)

Archaic (Greek)

temples (buildings)

columns (architectural elements)

Doric order

View of Doric columns at the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina, Greece. "The temple, erected at approximately 500-490 BC, replaced an earlier one, also of tufa, which stood on the same site and with the same orientation. This earlier Doric temple was built c. 570-560 BC and destroyed by fire in 510 BC. At the time of the construction of the new temple, the entire sanctuary was refurbished with new terraces, a stone enclosure wall and an imposing propylon on the south side, all of which contributed to its monumental appearance. Outside the propylon was a series of buildings, which served the needs of the sanctuary ... The temple is a Doric, peripteral hexastyle with twelve columns on the flanks. All the shafts are monolithic and fluted, except for three columns on the north side, which are built up of drums. The temple, which stands on a three-stepped crepis, presents the usual arrangement of pronaos, cella and opisthodomos,"--Odysseys, Greek Ministry of Culture & Sports.

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