Hiera Oikia at Eleusis
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38.04002, 23.538167
- Imagery location of Hiera Oikia (750 BC - 550 BC)
- OSM location of Ιερά Οικία (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Hiera Oikia (English, modern)
- Hiera Oikia at Eleusis connection Eleusis (750 BC - 550 BC)
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sanctuary (religious center)
- See Further:
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- Clinton, K. 1989. "The Eleusinian Mysteries: Roman Initiates and Benefactors, Second Century B.C. to A.D. 267," in ANRW II N° 18.2:1499-1539
- Foucart, P. 1914. “Les Mystères d'Éleusis.” Edited by Auguste Picard, Librarie des Archives Nationales et de la Societé de l’Ecole des Chartes. Paris.
- Mylonas, G.E. 1961. Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Perseus: Eleusis, Hiera Oikia (Building)
- Perseus: Eleusis, Hiera Oikia Precinct Wall (Building)
Pleiades
The Hiera Oikia is located in the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis, west of Athens and above the bay of Eleusis. Archaeological evidence indicates human activity in the area of the settlement and sanctuary from at least the Early Bronze Age. This particular multi-roomed structure was constructed and destroyed in the course of the 7th century BC, although religious activity in the area persisted after the destruction. The term Hiera Oikia means “sacred house” in Greek, and the designation reflects the religious use of the building, perhaps connected with hero cult. The structure of the Hiera Oikia features one main entrance leading to a wide, narrow space running the breadth of the building. Opening onto this space, on the northwestern side of the structure, are five additional rooms arranged paratactically along an exterior wall. This arrangement seems to reflect the pastas-style plan that emerged in Greek architecture in the early Archaic period.
Denise Candelo, John Pullen, Katie Smidt, Jeffrey Becker, Olivia Lewman, Adam Rabinowitz, and Angelo Reyes, 'Hiera Oikia at Eleusis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/935032928> [accessed: 22 January 2021]
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