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Bassai

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II

Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert

Last modified Oct 19, 2024 04:14 PM — History

tags: dare:major=0, Corinthian, UWHS, extant remains, Doric, dare:feature=temple, dare:ancient=1, Apollo, Temple

The Temple of Apollo Epikourios (often Latinized as Epicurius) at Bassae is an innovative mid-5th century B.C. Doric temple in Arcadia. The temple preserves the oldest Corinthian capital yet found. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570148

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.4296439454, 21.9003223731

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Temple of Apollo Epicurius (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Bassae (English, modern)
- Bassai (750 BC - AD 300)
- T. Apollo Epikourios (English, 750 BC - AD 300)

Bassai makes connections with:

Bassai connection Arcadia (unspecified date range)
Bassai connection Phigaleia (unspecified date range)

Bassai receives connections from:

Temple of Artemis Orthasia located at Bassai (unspecified date range)

Place type:
temple

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See Also:

New Pauly Phigalia (Y. Lafond et al.)

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 B3 Bassai

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bassai

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Suggested citation:
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, and R. Talbert, 'Bassai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570148> [accessed: 29 January 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570148 |title=Places: 570148 (Bassai) |author=Reger, G., J. McK. Camp II |accessdate=January 29, 2025 11:54 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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