Month: November 2016

The Temple of Poseidon

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Details: The Temple of Poseidon was built around 440 BC and is located at the southern most tip of Attica, Cape Sounion.  Information: This site has been of significance to natives since the Bronze age. The temple itself was originally built in the archaic style around 480 BC but was destroyed during the Greco-Persian War. Read more about The Temple of Poseidon[…]

The Hestiatorion

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Details: The Hestiatorion (banquet hall) is located in the archaeological site in Epidaurus and dates from the late 4th or early 3rd century BC. Information: The banquet hall offered sacrificial meals relating to the cult of Asklepios around the year 300 BC. The interior courtyard was defined by a colonnade of sixteen Doric columns which Read more about The Hestiatorion[…]