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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Didyma, Aegean Region, Turkeyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal7th century BCE-2nd century CE (inclusive)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Greek (ancient))en_US
dc.date-700-300en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-20T18:05:24Z
dc.date.available2013-03-20T18:05:24Z
dc.date.issued-700-300en_US
dc.identifier202230en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1100en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/109992
dc.descriptionView along the base of the east plinth; Ancient Greek oracular sanctuary on the west coast of Asia Minor (now Turkey), which flourished from the 7th century BCE to the 2nd century CE. The site is on an exposed peninsula 75 m above sea level, about 20 km south of Miletos. The mythological founder of the oracle was the shepherd Branchos, who received the gift of prophecy from Apollo. During the 6th century BCE, under the 'Branchidai' dynasty of priests, Didyma became the most important oracular sanctuary in East Greece, and was linked to Miletos by a Sacred Way 6 m wide and about 24 km long. In 334 BCE Alexander the Great liberated Miletos from Persian domination, and at least from the time of its endowment by Seleukos Nikator (ca. 300 BCE) Didyma was under Milesian control. Around 100-101 CE the Sacred Way within the sanctuary was paved by Trajan, and in the 2nd century CE a market and a basilica were constructed. Around 250 CE the peristyle of the Temple of Apollo was walled in, presumably to counter attacks by the Goths, turning it into a fortress. Earthquakes in the 13th century and in 1493 effectively destroyed the site. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/1/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectAlexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C.en_US
dc.subjectRoman Empireen_US
dc.subjectHellenisticen_US
dc.subjectGreco-Romanen_US
dc.titleDidyma [site]en_US
dc.title.alternativeBranchidaien_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-G-DI-B3en_US
vra.culturalContextGreek (ancient) Ancient Romanen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes) construction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Greek (ancient))en_US


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