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Imagery location of the Terrace of the Lions

a Pleiades location resource

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{ "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 25.266997, 37.402376 ] }

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Google Earth and Partners Imagery 2013

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  • Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC) (confident)
  • Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC) (confident)
  • Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) (confident)
  • Roman Early Empire-Late Antique (30 BC – AD 640) (confident)

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The Terrace of the Lions was built by citizens of the neighboring island of Naxos during the 7th century BC. The terrace was lined on one side by sculptures of at least nine roaring lions made of white Parian marble. Directly across the terrace to the east is the sacred lake. This terrace was a dromos, or passageway, from the Port of Skardana towards the shrine of Leto, the mother of Apollo. This was the main passageway used early in the settlement of Delos, but it fell into disuse after the temple of Apollo was built and visitors used a port further south on the island. The first intact lion was discovered in 1905, with five lions found mostly intact and remains indicating at least nine lions total. The intact lions have since been moved into the Archaeological Museum at Delos.