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were only two, which was shown persuasively by Eschbach. There were shallow cuttings and many dowels used to secure the plinths of the sculptures of the west pediment (the back of the temple). The east pediment used deep cuttings and fewer dowels to secure the plinths of the statues. There were also a number of
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Hollinshead disputes that there is sufficient evidence for the presence of an adyton in this temple, and she questions whether similarity of form among temples of Artemis must indicate similarity of cult practice. This feature was not retained in the late Archaic temple, so its centrality to the cult
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Construction of a new temple commenced soon after the destruction of the older temple. The remains of the destroyed temple were removed from the site of the new temple and used to fill a c. 40 by 80 m terrace within the overall sanctuary of c. 80 by 80 m. This new temple terrace was aligned
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was not aligned to the axis of the temple. A raised and paved platform was built to connect the temple to the altar. There was a propylon (formal entrance gate) with a wooden superstructure in the southeast side of the peribolos. A 14 m tall column topped by a sphinx was at the northeast side of
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Furtwängler proposes three phases of building at the sanctuary, with the earliest of these demonstrated by an altar at the eastern end dating to c. 700 BC. Also securely known are a cistern at the northeast extremity and a structure identified as a treasury east of the propylon (entrance) of the
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The name Afea appears on all the local signs, Afea being the name of a Cretan woman of unsurpassed beauty. After escaping an unwelcome marriage on Crete, she was rescued by a fisherman from Aegina. In payment for this he also proposed an unwelcome marriage. So Afea headed out of Aghia Marina towards
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figuring prominently as he fights alongside Heracles against king Laomedon. This pediment is thought to be later than the west pediment and to show a number of features appropriate to the Classical period: the statues show a dynamic posture especially in the case of Athena, chiastic composition, and
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and Martha Ohly were also associated with this dig, which continued after the death of Dieter Ohly until 1988. Sufficient remains were recovered to allow a complete architectural reconstruction of the structure to be extrapolated; the remains of the entablature and pediment of one end of the older
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Ohly had contended that there were four total pedimental groups (two complete sets of pediments for the east and west sides of the temple); Bankel uses the architectural remains of the temple to argue that there were only three pedimental groups; later in his life, Ohly came to believe that there
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The important Bronze Age archaeological site of Kolona is northwest of Aegina (the main city) along the coast, and a museum is located at this site. The museum at Aegina was the first institution of its kind in Greece, but most of the collection (other than a collection of bas relief panels from
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Bankel states that the temple of Aphaia is more developed than the earlier phase of this structure, giving it a date of around 500 BC. The metopes of this temple, which were not found, were slotted into the triglyph blocks and attached to backer blocks with swallowtail clamps. If they were
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of the killing of the Python, and they say that Britomaris was the daughter of Zeus and Karme (the daughter of this Euboulos). She enjoyed races and hunts and was particularly dear to Artemis. While fleeing from Minos, who lusted after her, she cast herself into nets cast for a catch of fish.
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blocks that had shallow cuttings and many dowels like the west pediment, but that did not fit there. Bankel argues that sculptures were set on both the east and the west pediments with these shallow cuttings, but that the sculptures of the east pediment were removed (along with the
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and Aulis (among others), many temples of Artemis have such back rooms, which may indicate a similarity of cult practice. The cella of the temple of Aphaia had the unusual feature of having two rows of two columns supporting another level of columns that reached the roof. The
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The sanctuary of Aphaia was located on the top of a hill c. 160 m in elevation at the northeast point of the island. The last form of the sanctuary covered an area of c. 80 by 80 m; earlier phases were less extensive and less well defined.
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Dates ranging from 510 to 470 BC have been proposed for this temple. Bankel, who published the complete study of the remains, compares the design features of the structure with three structures that were near contemporaries:
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wooden, their lack of preservation is to be expected. If they were stone, then they may have been removed for the ancient antiquities market while the structure was still standing. The altar was redone for this phase as well.
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of this temple was constructed in two courses, giving it a height of 1.19 m versus the frieze height of 0.815 m; this proportion is unusual among temples of the region, but is known from temples in Sicily. A
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briefly mentions the site in his writings of the 2nd century AD, but does not describe the sanctuary in detail as he does for many others. The temple was made known in Western Europe by the publication of the
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N. Eschbach, Die archaische Form in nacharchaischer Zeit: Untersuchungen zu Phänomenen der archaistischen Plastik des 5. und 4. Jhs. v. Chr.” Unpublished Habilitationschrift, University of Giessen.
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made her a goddess, and not only the Cretans but also the Aeginetans reverence her. The Aeginetans say that Britomaris showed herself to them on their island. Her epithet among the Aeginetans is
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intricate filling of the space using the legs of fallen combatants to fill the difficult decreasing angles of the pediment. Part of the eastern pediment was destroyed during the
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sanctuary. The temple corresponding to these structures is proposed to be under the later temples and thus not able to be excavated. Furtwängler suggests that this temple is the
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Pilafidis-Williams argues that the character and relative proportions of the finds leads to the conclusion that the deity worshipped was a female fertility/agricultural goddess.
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The use of the 6 by 12 plan of the Late Archaic period soon gave way to the Classical period preference for the proportions of the 6 by 13 plan and similar.
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the mountain top where she vanished at the current site of the temple, where it is said that the fisherman established a shrine believing Afea to have been taken by the gods.
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the sanctuary. The full study and reconstruction of the temple was done by Schwandner, who dates it to before 570 BC. In his reconstruction, the temple is
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composed an ode at the behest of the Aeginetans. The Cretans say (the myths about her are native to Crete) that Euboulos was the son of Karmanor, who purified
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temple have been reconstructed in the on-site museum. Parts of the entablature and some columns of the temple have been restored during 1956-1960.
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blocks cut to receive them) and replaced with a different sculptural group. This replacement appears to have been carried out before the raking
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temple is now recognized as having been dedicated to the mother-goddess Aphaia. It was a favourite of Neoclassical and Romantic artists such as
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frieze is also placed along the inside of the pronaos. These metopes were apparently undecorated with sculpture, and there is no evidence of
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was performed, leading to the discovery in 1969 of substantial remains of the older Archaic temple in the fill of the later terrace walls.
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Bankel notes that c. 80% of the triglyph blocks were damaged in a manner consistent with intentional breakage to remove the metopes.
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Systematic excavations at the site were carried out in the 20th century by the German School in Athens, at first under the direction of
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Diebold, William J. 1995. "The Politics of Derestoration: The Aegina Pediments and the German Confrontation with the Past."
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Leaflet "The Sanctuary of Aphaia on Aegina", Greek Ministry of Culture, Archaeological Receipts Fund, Athens 1998.
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Schwandner wants this placement to refute the idea that triglyphs are meant to represent the ends of wooden beams.
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Pilafidis-Williams, Korinna. 1987. The Sanctuary of Aphaia on Aigina in the Bronze Age. Munich: Hirmer Verlag.
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were installed on the east pediment, since the corner geisa were not cut down to join to the raking
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Die Aegineten der Glyptothek König Ludwigs I, nach den Resultaten der neuen Bayerischen Ausgrabung
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structure on a 6 by 12 column plan resting on a 15.5 by 30.5 m platform; it had a
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connection for the cult. The last temple is of an unusual plan and is also significant for its
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View east from the opisthodomos of the Temple of Aphaia II showing the colonnades of the cella.
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of Munich, with a number of fragments located in the museums at Aegina and on the site itself.
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Reconstructed entablature and pediment of the Temple of Aphaia I in the on-site museum.
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is 9.6 km east of this city. The sanctuary is also 29.5 km southwest of the
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removed the fallen fragmentary pediment sculptures. On the recommendation of Baron
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Der spätarchaische Tempel der Aphaia auf Aegina. Denkmäler antiker Architektur 19
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If still in use by the 4th century, the temple would have been closed during the
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on north, west, and south with the plan of the new temple. The temple was a
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Sculpture of a warrior from the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaia II.
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Sculpture of a warrior from the east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia II.
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wall enclosing an area of c. 40 by 45 m dating to this phase. This
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wall were carried out in 1894 during reconstruction of the last temple.
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who was worshipped exclusively at this sanctuary. The extant temple of
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of Munich, where they were restored by the Danish neoclassic sculptor
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as one goes toward the mountain of Pan-Greek Zeus, the sanctuary of
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Furtwängler, Adolf, Ernst R. Fiechter and Hermann Thiersch. 1906.
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smARThistory - East and West Pediments, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina
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statues standing one on either side, an unusual feature. The
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of Athens, which is visible across the gulf on a clear day.
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Webster, T. B. L. 1931. "The Temple of Aphaia at Aegina,"
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Ohly disputes that there is sufficient evidence for this
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as shown by the exploits of its local heroes in the two
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Ohly detected a (stone socle and mudbrick upper level)
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periods. It is less easy to trace the cult through the
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Cook, R. M. 1974. The Dating of the Aegina Pediments.
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26th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
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of the Temple of Aphaia II showing slotted triglyphs.
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where cult activity is once more reasonably certain.
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Aphaia east pediments in the Glyptothek as it is now
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in plan, and has a pronaos and – significantly – an
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The Western pediment in the Glyptothek as it is now
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Temple of Aphaea

Temple of Aphaia is located in Greece
Attica
Saronic Gulf
37°45′15″N 23°32′00″E / 37.75417°N 23.53333°E / 37.75417; 23.53333
Ancient Greek temple
Archaic Greek
Hellenistic
Aegina
Athens
Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Greek
Ancient Greek
sanctuary complex
Aphaia
Aegina
Saronic Gulf
Jupiter
Doric
J. M. W. Turner
Aphaia
Greek goddess
kourotrophoi
Minoan
pedimental sculptures
Archaic
Early Classical
Glyptothek

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