Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia: Temple of Athena (Delphi, Greece) : The Ionic Treasury of the Massaliots, the northeast corner
- Creator:
- unknown (Greek (ancient)
- Published/Created:
- Delphi, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece
ca. 370 BCE - Date Depicted:
- 10/17/1997
8000 BC - 499 AD - Materials:
- marble
stone - Notes:
- The third Temple of Athena, built ca. 370 BCE next to the Tholos, was non-peripteral and more severe. Together with the Doric Treasury of the Thebans and the Ionic peristyle in the gymnasium, it is among the first buildings to be made of the fine St. Elias limestone from Mt. Parnassos. Behind the six Doric columns of its façade the cella was closed only by three screens between two Ionic half-columns in antis. The latter's half-capitals were of a new type, with volutes on all three sides, as in the Temple of Apollo at Bassai. The cella's open, well-ventilated entrance and elongated plan suggest that it contained an altar, perhaps similar to that in the Hieron at Samothrace.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Greece -- 4th century BCE -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Classical
- Culture:
- Greek (ancient)
- Accession Number:
- 1A3-G-D-11-F3
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
treasuries (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; deities; mythology (Classical) construction buildings; recreation buildings; sports buildings; gymnasiums; buildings; religious buildings; temples
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
10/17/1997 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10098382
- PID:
- digcoll:1819115