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| Monuments reported by ancient authors
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The tomb of Lygdamis
Lygdamis has his tomb near the quarries at Syracuse.
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Delphi, Treasury of the Syracusans
Site: Delphi
Type: Treasury
Summary: Temple-like building; in the southern half of the Sanctuary
of Apollo, east of the curve where the Sacred Way 1st curves and ascends to the
northeast.
Date: ca. 550 B.C.
Period: Archaic
Plan:
Believed by Dinsmoor to be Doric prostyle tetrastyle.
History:
No detailed plan available and the identity of this treasury is much debated.
Destroyed after 413 B.C.
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This text is cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains 2 image(s), bibliography & interesting hyperlinks. |
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Olympia, Treasury of the Syracusans (2)
Site: Olympia
Type: Treasury
Summary: Small temple-like building; on the north side of the Sanctuary
of Zeus (Altis), the 2nd treasury from the west on the Treasury Terrace.
Date: ca. 480 B.C.
Period: Classical
Plan:
Cella opening south onto a Doric distyle in antis pronaos.
History:
Built by Gelon, tyrant of Syracuse.
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This text is cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains 1 image(s), bibliography & interesting hyperlinks. |
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