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Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
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Altar of Apollo (Delphi, Greece)
Subject
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Temple of Apollo (Delphi)
Apollo (Greek deity)
Ancient Greek religion
Temples, Greek--Greece
Attikē (Greece)
Delphoi (Greece)
Classical Greece
Description
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Dedicated by the Greeks of Chios late in the fourth century BCE, this massive marble altar would have been the focal point of the great temple complex dedicated to the god of the sun, medicine, music, and prophesy, Apollo. Located just outside of the eastern entrance of the temple, priests of Apollo would offer sacrifices to the god on this spot. For their generosity, the people of Chios were allowed to have primacy of order over all other pilgrims wanting to ask advice from Apollo's oracle, and this privilege is marked by an inscription on the southern base of the altar's edifice.
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Proctor, Christopher
Date
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26-May-2007
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English
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Still Image
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CG0024
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Attikē (Greece)
330 BCE - 390 CE
Altar of Apollo
Ancient Greek Religion
Apollo
Attica, Greece
Chios
Delphi, Greece
Delphic Oracle
God of the Sun, Medicine, Music, and Prophesy
Greek Temple
Mount Parnassos
Panhellenic Sanctuary
Pythia
Temple of Apollo
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Title
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Athenian Agora
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Title
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Altar of the Twelve Olympian Gods (Athens, Greece)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Gods, Greek
Temples, Greek--Greece
Ancient Greek religion
Agora (Athens, Greece)
Athens (Greece)
Attikē (Greece)
Classical Greece
Description
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This photograph depicts what remains of the area known as the Sanctuary of the Twelve Olympian Gods. Located in the Athenian Agora, this sacred space contained a temple dedicated to the chief members of the Greek Pantheon: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Ares, Hephaestus, Dionysus, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, and Aphrodite. The sanctuary was originally built by the Tyrant of Athens, Pisistratus, in 521 BCE, and it was from this point that all distances from the city of Athens were measured. It was, in effect, the heart of the Athenian city-state.
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Proctor, Christopher
Date
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30-May-2007
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image/jpg
540 KB
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English
Type
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Still Image
Identifier
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CG0019
Coverage
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Attikē (Greece)
Classical Greece (480 BCE - 323 BCE)
Agora
Altar of the Twelve Olympians
Ancient Greek Religion
Athens, Greece
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Title
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Athenian Agora
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Title
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Altar of Zeus Agoraios (Athens, Greece)
Subject
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Altar of Zeus Agoraios (Athens, Greece)
Zeus (Greek deity)
Temples, Greek--Greece
Ancient Greek religion
Agora (Athens, Greece)
Athens (Greece
Attikē (Greece)
Classical Greece
Description
An account of the resource
This photograph depicts the massive 15 x 30 foot base of an altar that was dedicated to Zeus as protector of commercial and political activities (Agoraios). As the epicenter of such activities, the altar was erected in the Athenian agora after the expulsions of the Persians in 479 BCE.
Creator
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Proctor, Christopher
Date
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30-May-2007
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image/jpg
544 KB
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72 PPI
Language
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English
Type
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Still Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CG0020
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Attikē (Greece)
Classical Greece (480 BCE - 323 BCE)
Agora
Altar of Zeus Agoraios
Ancient Greek Religion
Athens, Greece
Greek Temple
Zeus
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Athenian Acropolis
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Athenian Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Subject
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Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Athens (Greece)
Attikē (Greece)
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
Age of Pericles
Pericles, 495-429 B.C.
Temples, Greek--Greece
Ancient Greek religion
Description
An account of the resource
This photograph shows the western side of the Athenian Acropolis. While originally a Mycenaean citadel in the Bronze Age, the Acropolis became the chief religious sanctuary during the Classical Period. After most of the religious sanctuaries were destroyed by the Persian emperor, Xerxes, in 480 BCE, the great Athenian Statesman, Pericles, embarked on an ambitious building campaign to illustrate Athens' dominance in the Greek world after the expulsion of the Persians in 479 BCE. This Periclean Age witnessed a rebirth for the Acropolis as a sanctuary for the Athenian world.
Creator
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Proctor, Christopher
Date
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08-June-2007
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506 KB
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72 PPI
Language
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English
Type
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Still Image
Identifier
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CG0016
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Attikē (Greece)
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
Acropolis
Athens, Greece
Pericles
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Athenian Agora
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Athenian Agora (Athens, Greece)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Agora (Athens, Greece)
Athens (Greece)
Attikē (Greece)
Classical Greece
Description
An account of the resource
This photograph depicts the heart of ancient Athenian political, commercial, and public life: the Agora. The Agora not only housed all of the major structures needed for the democracy to run effectively, but consisted of a vast marketplace where goods would be brought into the city and sold to its citizens. In sum, the Agora constituted the heart of daily Athenian public life. In the distance, one can see the Hephaisteion, the Temple of Hephaestus, hovering just above the Agora.
Creator
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Proctor, Christopher
Date
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30-May-2007
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image/jpg
513 KB
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Language
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English
Type
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Still Image
Identifier
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CG0018
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Attikē (Greece)
Classical Greece (480 BCE - 323 BCE)
Agora
Athens, Greece
Hephaisteion
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Athenian Agora
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Title
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Athenian State Prison (Athens, Greece)
Subject
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Agora (Athens, Greece)
Athens (Greece
Attikē (Greece)
Socrates, 469-399 B.C.
Description
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This photograph depicts the ruins of the Athenian State Prison. Located just south of the agora, and built in 450 BCE, this building housed the most famous of all Classical philosophers, Socrates, and was the location of his suicide by the ingestion of hemlock in 399 BCE.
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Proctor, Christopher
Date
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30-May-2007
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English
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Still Image
Identifier
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CG0021
Coverage
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Attikē (Greece)
450 BCE - 399 BCE
Agora
Athenian State Prison
Athens, Greece
Socrates
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Athenian Acropolis
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Erechtheion: Athena's Olive Tree (Athens, Greece)
Subject
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Erechtheion (Athens, Greece)
Athena (Greek deity)
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Temples, Greek--Greece
Ancient Greek religion
Athens (Greece)
Attikē (Greece)
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
Age of Pericles
Pericles, 495-429 B.C.
Description
An account of the resource
This photograph captures the western wall of the Erectheion. Dedicated to the gods Athena and Poseidon, and named after the legendary king of Athens, Erectheus, this temple commemorated the mythic battle for patronage of the city. According to myth, both Athena and Poseidon wanted to claim the city, so a contest was held to determine which of the two gods would be victorious. Each god had to give a gift to the people, and after careful considering, the people, themselves, would choose their own patron. Poseidon famously provided the people with a saltwater pool, while Athena gave the people what would become the basis of their commercial economy, the olive tree. Athena was chosen as the winner and the city named after her. It was supposedly on this spot where this contest took place, the tree depicted here is believed by Athenians to be the descendant of the original olive tree given by their patron goddess.
Creator
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Proctor, Christopher
Date
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29-May-2007
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English
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Still Image
Identifier
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CG0011
Coverage
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Attikē (Greece)
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
Acropolis
Ancient Greek Religion
Athena
Athens, Greece
Erechtheion
Greek Temple
Olive Tree
Poseidon
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Athenian Acropolis
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Erechtheion: Eastern Views (Athens, Greece)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Erechtheion (Athens, Greece)
Athena (Greek deity)
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Temples, Greek--Greece
Ancient Greek religion
Athens (Greece)
Attikē (Greece)
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
Age of Pericles
Pericles, 495-429 B.C.
Description
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This photograph captures the eastern sanctuary of the Erectheion. The whole complex was dedicated to the gods Athena and Poseidon, and named after the legendary king of Athens, Erectheus. This temple commemorated the mythic battle for patronage of the city. According to myth, both Athena and Poseidon wanted to claim the city, so a contest was held to determine which of the two gods would be victorious. Each god had to give a gift to the people, and after careful considering, the people, themselves, would choose their own patron. Poseidon famously provided the people with a saltwater pool, while Athena gave the people what would become the basis of their commercial economy, the olive tree. Athena was chosen as the winner and the city named after her. Although in existence since the Bronze Age, the individual buildings that originally constituted what became the Erectheion were consolidated and enlarged by the building program of Pericles. Construction on the renovated Erechteion began in 421 BCE and lasted until it was dedicated in 406 BCE. Contrary to popular belief, the Parthenon (just south of the Erectheion) was not the most important religious sanctuary in Athens; it was the Erechtheion.
This eastern portion of the temple complex was dedicated to Athena Polias, the manifestation of the goddess as the patron of the city.
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Proctor, Christopher
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29-May-2007
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English
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CG0009
Coverage
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Attikē (Greece)
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
Acropolis
Ancient Greek Religion
Athena
Athens, Greece
Erechtheion
Greek Temple
Pericles
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Athenian Acropolis
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Erechtheion: Portico of the Caryatids (Athens, Greece)
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Erechtheion (Athens, Greece)
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Temples, Greek--Greece
Ancient Greek religion
Athens (Greece)
Attikē (Greece)
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
Age of Pericles
Pericles, 495-429 B.C.
Description
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This photograph captures the southern portico of the Erectheion and its famous Caryatid columns.. The whole complex was dedicated to the gods Athena and Poseidon, and named after the legendary king of Athens, Erectheus. This temple commemorated the mythic battle for patronage of the city. According to myth, both Athena and Poseidon wanted to claim the city, so a contest was held to determine which of the two gods would be victorious. Each god had to give a gift to the people, and after careful considering, the people, themselves, would choose their own patron. Poseidon famously provided the people with a saltwater pool, while Athena gave the people what would become the basis of their commercial economy, the olive tree. Athena was chosen as the winner and the city named after her. Although in existence since the Bronze Age, the individual buildings that originally constituted what became the Erectheion were consolidated and enlarged by the building program of Pericles. Construction on the renovated Erechteion began in 421 BCE and lasted until it was dedicated in 406 BCE. Contrary to popular belief, the Parthenon (just south of the Erectheion) was not the most important religious sanctuary in Athens; it was the Erechtheion.
Creator
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Proctor, Christopher
Date
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29-May-2007
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English
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Still Image
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CG0007
Coverage
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Attikē (Greece)
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
Acropolis
Ancient Greek Religion
Athens, Greece
Caryatids
Erechtheion
Greek Temple
Pericles
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Title
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Athenian Acropolis
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
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Erechtheion: Western and Southern Views (Athens, Greece)
Subject
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Erechtheion (Athens, Greece)
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Athens (Greece)
Attikē (Greece)
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
Age of Pericles
Pericles, 495-429 B.C.
Temples, Greek--Greece
Ancient Greek religion
Description
An account of the resource
This photograph captures the western and southern sides of the Erectheion. Dedicated to the gods, Athena and Poseidon, and named after the legendary king of Athens, Erectheus, this temple commemorated the mythic battle for patronage of the city. According to myth, both Athena and Poseidon wanted to claim the city, so a contest was held to determine which of the two gods would be victorious. Each god had to give a gift to the people, and after careful considering, the people, themselves, would choose their own patron. Poseidon famously provided the people with a saltwater pool, while Athena gave the people what would become the basis of their commercial economy, the olive tree. Athena was chosen as the winner and the city named after her. It was supposedly on this spot where this contest took place, the tree depicted on the western side of the Erechtheion is believed by Athenians to be the descendant of the original olive tree given by their patron goddess. This temple is also famous for its porch of the Caryatids, a portico with maidens acting as the supporting columns. Although in existence since the Bronze Age, the individual buildings that originally constituted what became the Erectheion were consolidated and enlarged by the building program of Pericles. Construction on the renovated Erechteion began in 421 BCE and lasted until it was dedicated in 406 BCE. Contrary to popular belief, the Parthenon (just south of the Erectheion) was not the most important religious sanctuary in Athens; it was the Erechtheion.
Creator
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Proctor, Christopher
Date
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29-May-2007
Rights
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without modification for research and educative endeavors. Please cite the digital resource according to the convention provided by Omeka.
Format
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403 KB
1280 x 960 pixels
Language
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English
Type
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Still Image
Identifier
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CG0015
Coverage
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Attikē (Greece)
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
Acropolis
Ancient Greek Religion
Athena
Athens, Greece
Caryatids
Erechtheion
Greek Temple
Pericles