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Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia at Delphi Canlas, Gino

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On the road to Delphi, as one approaches the sanctuary of Apollo from the East (800 m from the main sanctuary), there is a much smaller sanctuary dedicated to Athena Pronaia ("Athena before the Temple") on a terrace now called "Marmaria" (150 m x 40 m). It consists of a walled temenos (sacred precinct) and various structures (altars, at least two temples, a tholos, and two treasuries). This smaller sanctuary to Athena served as a gateway to the much larger sanctuary to Apollo, and the goddess Athena can be perceived as protecting her younger half-brother, Apollo.

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Title
Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia at Delphi
Creator
Canlas, Gino
Contributor
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Publisher
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Date Issued
2022-03-31
Description
On the road to Delphi, as one approaches the sanctuary of Apollo from the East (800 m from the main sanctuary), there is a much smaller sanctuary dedicated to Athena Pronaia ("Athena before the Temple") on a terrace now called "Marmaria" (150 m x 40 m). It consists of a walled temenos (sacred precinct) and various structures (altars, at least two temples, a tholos, and two treasuries). This smaller sanctuary to Athena served as a gateway to the much larger sanctuary to Apollo, and the goddess Athena can be perceived as protecting her younger half-brother, Apollo.
Subject
Graeco-Roman; Greece; Hellenistic Religions; Sacred Enclosure; Temple; Temenos; Monument; Religious Place; Greek Religions; Greek Cult; Polytheistic; Aegean; Archaeological site; Religious Group; Ancient Mediterranean
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0416027
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/82011
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Asian Studies, Department of
Citation
Gino Canlas. (2022). Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia at Delphi. Database of Religious History, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia.
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Postdoctoral
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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