Delphinion
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Chris de Lisle Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
A sanctuary of Apollo Delphinios in Athens, which was closely associated with Theseus and served as a law court for cases of justifiable homicide. It is perhaps to be identified with the Classical Doric temple, whose remains are located south of the Olympieion.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/585725955
37.9685708214, 23.7329859668
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM Location: Δελφίνιον (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Less than certain: Δελφίνιον (Delphínion: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Delphinion located at Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Delphinion located near Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens (30 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Pythion located near Delphinion (30 BC - AD 300)
temple
- See Further:
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- Boegehold et al. 1995 48-49, 135-139
- Judith Binder's Opus Magnum I. Apollo 30. Delphinios; II.549. Classical Doric Temple
- ToposText Delphinion (Athens) 15 Athens - Δελφίνιον
- Travlos 1971 83-90, figs. 379-380 no. 160, 381
- Wikipedia (English) Delphinion
- Wikipedia (Greek) Ναός του Δελφινίου Απόλλωνος (Αθήνα)
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Pleiades
Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, and Tom Elliott, 'Delphinion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/585725955> [accessed: 01 May 2024]
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