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Cnidian Treasury

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it was thought that the friezes and sculpted decoration of the Siphnian Treasury actually originated from the Treasury of the Cnidians, a misinterpretation which led archaeologists to overestimate its artistic and aesthetic value.
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The remains of the Treasury of the Cnidians are situated just next to the Sacred Way close to the
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in 544 B.C. Its features remind of the mid-sixth century B.C. The treasury was built in the
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to which they bear resemblance, to the exception of the smaller size.
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It was a marble building, erected before Cnidus was conquered by the
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Salviat, Fr.,1971, Inscriptions de Grèce centrale, Paris, pp. 35–61
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bear about sixty more inscriptions, mostly honorary decrees and
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inscription: what he failed to notice was that it was written "
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Buildings and structures completed in the 6th century BC
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Index


Cnidus
Delphi
Archaic period
Classical period
Lesche
Siphnian Treasury
Persians
Ionian order
Caryatids
Great Excavation
Pausanias
described
architrave
boustrophedon
Pythian Apollo
antae
manumission acts
Perseus project, the Treasury of the Knidians
Categories
Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Delphi
Buildings and structures completed in the 6th century BC

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