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Temple of Athena Polias

a Pleiades place resource

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Pausanias describes the Temple of Athena Polias at Erythrai as containing a wooden image of the enthroned goddess.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/595976578

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.3806653401, 26.4809017732

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Temple of Athena Polias (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Temple of Athena Polias makes connections with:

Temple of Athena Polias located at Erythrai (unspecified date range)

Temple of Athena Polias receives connections from:

None

Place type:
temple

References:

Evidence:

Paus. (Spiro: Perseus) 7.5.9

Related:

Arachne Kultbild: Athena Polias (Paus. 7, 5, 9) Erythrai, İzmir (Provinz)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Temple of Athena Polias: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/595976578> [accessed: 28 September 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/595976578 |title=Places: 595976578 (Temple of Athena Polias) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=September 28, 2024 1:20 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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