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(11a) Stoa
⟨ Back to the Interactive Plan ca. 300-250 B.C. Dolomitic limestone, basalt, plaster ca. 104 x 13.40 m The Stoa, which was built along the ridge of the Western Hill in the mid-third century B.C, set a clear western boundary of the sanctuary. Its imposing position offered a panoramic vantage point for visitors to look out…
(7) Dining Facility
⟨ Back to the Interactive Plan Roman renovation of the 4th century B.C. plan Vuggy crystalline limestone, trachyte, basalt fieldstones ca. 22 m x 7.75 m, for rooms c. 6.50 m square The base of the Western Hill below the Stoa was lined with dining chambers. One set of rooms (L, M, and N) formed a…
(6) Banqueting Hall dedicated by a Woman from Miletos
⟨ Back to the Interactive Plan Second half of the 3rd century B.C. Vuggy crystalline limestone, porphyritic trachyte, Thasian marble This unusual three-chambered building occupies the northern side of the Western Hill. It faces south and consists of a central open chamber with a hexastyle (six columns) prostyle Ionic façade, which provides access to the slightly…
(5) Byzantine Fortification
⟨ Back to the Interactive Plan 10th century A.D. Reused limestones and marbles, partially joined with cement Western Hill ca. 36 m x 38.40 m Centuries after the cult of the mysteries had been abandoned and the Sanctuary of the Great Gods had fallen into disrepair, the area was reoccupied. During the tenth century A.D., Byzantine…
(1-3) Unidentified Late Hellenistic Buildings
⟨ Back to the Interactive Plan Late Hellenistic period, 2nd century B.C. or later Western Hill Local vuggy crystalline limestone with marble thresholds Three relatively small, rectangular buildings made of local sandstone are aligned along the western perimeter of the Sanctuary, north of the Stoa on the Western Hill and west of the large unfinished Hellenistic…