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Temple of Amphiaraus

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Robert McNeil

Contributors: McKenzie Cornish, Jeffrey Becker, Tyler Engalla, Jennifer Townzen, Adam Rabinowitz, Mallory Barbosa

Last modified Aug 10, 2016 04:59 PM — History

tags: extant remains, temple

The Temple of Amphiaraus is an oracular temple dedicated to the hero/god Amphiaraus, located within the sanctuary of the Amphiareion. The site was believed to have healing powers and was particularly important in the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods (fifth to third centuries BCE).

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/71107898

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.290623, 23.844643

Locations:

Imagery location of Temple of Amphiaraus (550 BC - 30 BC)

Names:

Temple of Amphiaraos (Temple of Amphiaraus: English, modern)

Temple of Amphiaraus makes connections with:

Temple of Amphiaraus at Amphiareion (550 BC - 30 BC)

Temple of Amphiaraus receives connections from:

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Place type:
temple

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See Also:

Robertson, Greek and Roman Architecture, 333

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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The Temple of Amphiaraus is the temple that stands in the Amphiareion, an oracular sanctuary dedicated to the god/hero Amphiaraus. The temple was constructed during the Late Classical or early Hellenistic period. The temple has no external colonnade, but within the cella it has two rows of columns, perhaps Ionic in order. There is a porch in front of the cella and an adyton at the rear. It functioned to support the role of the Amphiareion as a sacred place for healing, incubation and sacrifice to the gods.

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Suggested citation:
Robert McNeil, McKenzie Cornish, Jeffrey Becker, Tyler Engalla, Jennifer Townzen, Adam Rabinowitz, and Mallory Barbosa, 'Temple of Amphiaraus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/71107898> [accessed: 25 April 2018]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/71107898 |title=Places: 71107898 (Temple of Amphiaraus) |author=McNeil, R. |accessdate=April 25, 2018 6:13 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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