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Site: Olympia
Type: Treasury
Summary: Small temple-like building; on the north side of the Sanctuary
of Zeus (Altis), the 12th from the west and most easterly of the treasuries.
Date: ca. 575 B.C. - 550 B.C.
Period: Archaic
Plan:
Cella opening south onto a deep Doric hexastyle prostyle porch. Large statue base
in cella.
History:
The prostyle porch was added to the temple at ca. 500 B.C.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains 2 image(s), bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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