| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Sounion, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | ca. 440 BCE (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | unknown (Greek (ancient)) | en_US |
| dc.date | -450--440 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-27T15:34:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-03-27T15:34:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | -450--440 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 202443 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1229 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/110398 | |
| dc.description | General view, showing the west flank and plinth; Site at the furthest south-east point of Attica, about 70 km east of Athens, Greece. The ancient town occupied the headland of Cape Sounion, with its acropolis on a steep promontory, and its most important remains are those of the Sanctuary of Poseidon. The surviving temple dates from around 440 BCE and is one of a series of four temples built to related designs and possibly the work of a single architect. It can be interpreted as a thank-offering for the defeat of the Persians in 480-479 BCE. The temple at Sounion is Doric and peripteral (6 x 13 columns) and was built from marble quarried locally at Agrileza. The columns have only 16 instead of the usual 20 flutings, and the shafts are straight-edged, without the usual slight outward curve (entasis), features that may simply reflect reasons of economy. The porch façade is aligned with the third columns of the flanks, and a continuous Ionic frieze, replacing the normal triglyphs and metopes, extends across the porch and to the back of the outer entablature. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/25/2008) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | marble | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | deities | en_US |
| dc.subject | mythology (Classical) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Classical | en_US |
| dc.title | Sounion; Temple of Poseidon | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Temple of Poseidon at Sounion | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A3-G-S-A5 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Greek (ancient) | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) carving (processes) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | excavation (site) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | temple | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | unknown (Greek (ancient)) | en_US |
