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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Hyampolis Sanctuary of Artemis and Apollo Alternative Name: Temple of Artemis ElaphebolosCountry: Greece Region: Central Greece Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Atalanti Nearest Village: Kalapodi
Latitude: 38.636609N Longitude: 22.895537E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Ancient Sanctuary in Central Greece.
Eight temples have been excavated at this site, dating from the Mycenaean to the Archaic period. The final temple, built in about 570 BCE and measuring 44 metres by 18 metres which had 14 by 6 columns, was destroyed by the Persians in 480 BCE.
There is a smaller temple to Apollo dated to the 6th Century BCE just south of it which measured 26 metres by 14 metres which had 11 by 6 Doric columns.
Text by Alex Hunger
Note: Recent research suggests that this sanctuary was that of the renowned oracle of Apollo at Abai, and not that of Apollo and Artemis of Hyampolis, as had previously been argued
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