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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Sounion, Central Greece and Euboea, Greeceen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 440 BCE (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Greek (ancient))en_US
dc.date-450--440en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-27T15:34:40Z
dc.date.available2013-03-27T15:34:40Z
dc.date.issued-450--440en_US
dc.identifier202443en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1229en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/110398
dc.descriptionGeneral 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.mediummarbleen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectmythology (Classical)en_US
dc.subjectClassicalen_US
dc.titleSounion; Temple of Poseidonen_US
dc.title.alternativeTemple of Poseidon at Sounionen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-G-S-A5en_US
vra.culturalContextGreek (ancient)en_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) carving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Greek (ancient))en_US


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