Temenos of Athena
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Contributors:
Jonathan Prag, Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 04, 2024 01:31 PM
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History
The area on the northeast side of the Piana di Himera is delimited by walls and contains four religious buildings (temples A, B, C, and D), probably dedicated to Athena. The foundations are still visible in the archaeological site of Himera.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/421330490
37.9710166574, 13.8233311178
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the Temenos of Athena (750 BC - 550 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Temenos di Athena (Italian, modern)
- Temenos of Athena located at Himera (unspecified date range)
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wall, earthwork (deprecated), sanctuary (religious center), architectural complex, wall
Pleiades
Valeria Vitale, Jonathan Prag, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Temenos of Athena: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/421330490> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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