Southwest Temple of the Ancient Agora of Athens

Southwest Temple of the Ancient Agora of Athens
Mark Landon (photographed in 1991; digitized in 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Also known as: Athens

The Southwest Temple is a tetrastyle prostyle Doric temple in the Ancient Agora of Athens, built in the 1st century AD during Augustus's reign using spoliated materials from Hellenistic structures and a 5th-century BC stoa at Thorikos[1]. Fragments found throughout the Agora enable a tentative reconstruction of its appearance[1]. The temple's dedication remains unknown, as no evidence identifies which god or hero it honored[1]. The structure was dismantled in 267 AD and its materials reused to build the post-Herulian fortification wall after the Herulian sack of Athens[1].

TypeTemple complex
Period1 - 500 AD
CountryGreece
Coordinates37.9756° N, 23.7228° E

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