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Temple of Apollo at Metropolis

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Dan Diffendale

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Sep 13, 2023 11:31 AM — History

A peripteral Doric temple built in the mid-6th c. BCE and destroyed by fire in the 2nd c. BCE. The temple faces east, and was built of mudbrick on foundations of local sandstone, with sandstone column drums and a terracotta roof. A 4th c. BCE dedicatory inscription found in the cella attests the worship of Apollo. The structure was discovered in 1994 following the activity of looters.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/359707097

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.3336609063, 21.8193943222

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- Imagery location of Temple of Apollo at Metropolis (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
Representative Locations:
- OSM location (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Temple of Apollo at Metropolis makes connections with:

Temple of Apollo at Metropolis located at Metropolis (Thessaly) (unspecified date range)

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Place type:
temple

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Suggested citation:
Dan Diffendale, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Temple of Apollo at Metropolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/359707097> [accessed: 23 May 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/359707097 |title=Places: 359707097 (Temple of Apollo at Metropolis) |author=Diffendale, D. |accessdate=May 23, 2025 11:48 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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