Temple C (Selinus)
Temple C at
Temple C was probably used as an archive (hundreds of seals have been recovered from it) and was dedicated to Apollo, as shown by an inscription,[4] not to Heracles.[5]
Description
Although it shows
British architects
The building has a peristyle colonnade around the naos, with six columns at the front (hexastyle) and seventeen on its long sides,[7] leading to a very elongated floor plan, far from the canonical 1:2 proportion, but paralleled by some other archaic temples, such as the Temple of Hera at Olympia. A flight of eight steps takes up the whole of the front side, with the rest of the crepidoma has four steps as at the temple in Corinth, following a rule which remains constant in Sicily.[8]
The
The
of the frieze.Sculptural decoration
The ten metopai of the facade were sculpted in
References
- ISBN 88-387-4108-5
- ISBN 8882653676.
- ^ Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi, Op. cit., p. 78.
- ^ IG XIV 269
- ^ Guido & Tusa 1978 Guida archeologica della Sicilia
- ^ "Temple Decoration and Cultural Identity in the Archaic Greek World: The Metopes of Selinus". New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 370 pp. June 30, 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ a b c Richter, 1969 p.21
- ^ a b c Charbonneaux, Martin, Villard 1969 p. 183-185.
- ^ Dieter Mertens, Op. cit., pp. 119-120
Bibliography
- Charbonneaux, Jean; Martin, Roland; Villard, François (1969). Rizzoli (ed.). La Grecia arcaica : (620-480 a.C.). Milan. Charbonneaux, Martin, Villard 1969.
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- Richter, Gisela M. A. (1969). Einaudi (ed.). L'arte greca. Turin. Richter 1969.
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