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<< Our Photo Pages >> Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods - Ancient Temple in Greece in Northern Greece

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 0.42 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Northern Greece Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Samothrace,Khora  Nearest Village: Palaiopolis
Latitude: 40.503617N  Longitude: 25.533403E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods submitted by Antonios : Site in Northern Greece and Macedonia Greece:Sanctuary of the Great Gods (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Northern Greece and Macedonia. The Sanctuary of the Great Gods in Samothrace was an important religious cult center. From prehistoric times the Great Mother was venerated and during antiquity she was associated with the fertility Goddess Demeter (Mother Earth).

Before the 7th century BCE there was a sacred rock where the rituals took place. From the 6th century BCE and down to the Hellenistic period the temple, the sanctum, a circular building, the tholos of Arsinoe 289-285 BCE (queen of Egypt), the altar, a long stoa and a theater was built. Other deities venerated were Hecate goddess of the dead, spirits and magic,with lunar and catacthonic qualities. Later she was identified as Aphrodite. Kadmylos the spouse of Great Mother was a fertility god symbolized by a phallic symbol. Kadmylos later becomes Hermes. And there is a pair of underworld deities identified to Hades and Persephone. The mystery cult was open to everyone Greeks or non-Greeks as opposed to the Eleusinian Mysteries. The initiates had to take a wow of silence. The historian Herodotus and Philip the father of Alexander the Great was initiated. The famous winged statue of Nike (Victory)was unearthed here by French archeologists and is now exhibited in the Louvre, Paris.
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Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods submitted by Antonios : Site in Northern Greece and Macedonia: Sanctuary of the Great Gods.In the background the mppn mountain rises 1448 meters. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods submitted by Antonios : Site in Northern Greece and Macedonia: Sanctuary of the Great Gods.Tholos of Arsinoe. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods submitted by Antonios : Samothrace Hellenistic theatre. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods submitted by durhamnature : Nike of Samothrace, from the Cambridge archaeology series, via archive.org. This photo doesn't do her justice. Site in Northern Greece and Macedonia Greece (Vote or comment on this photo)

Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods submitted by Antonios : Sanctuary of the Great Gods

Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods submitted by Antonios : Site in Northern Greece and Macedonia: Sanctuary of the Great Gods. For the construction of the sanctuary white marble from Thasos island was brought up.

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