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SIKYON (Ancient city) CORINTHIA
A big, almost square building on the south side of the agora of Sikyon,
presumed to have served as the meeting place for the Voule (Parliament). It dates
back to the 3rd century BC.
Its erection is related to the re-establishment of the city on a diferent
location by Demetrius Poliorketes, one of the successors of Alexander the Great.
The Bouleuterion consisted of a single, almost square auditorium,
with two internal concentic ionian colonnades. Inside were round benches and two
rectangular basins, into which water was channeled through pipes from a spring
at the foot of the Acropolis. The main entrance was on the north side, across
the Agora, and was decorated with a portico.
The building is mentioned by Pausanias (2nd century BC). In the roman
period it was used for public baths.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Foundation of the Hellenic World URL below.
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