Temple of Apollo Zoster

The Temple of Apollo Zoster is an ancient Greek temple, the remains of which are located at Vouliagmeni in Athens, Greece [1]. The temple was uncovered when children from the Vouliagmeni orphanage were playing on what is now known as the Astir Beach [1]. The inscriptions found in the ruins confirm that the site is the Temple of Apollo Zoster [1]. Excavations were undertaken by the archaeologists K. Kourouniotes and M. Pittidis during 1926–27 [1]. This confirmed references in the ancient literary sources: Pausanias mentions that Zoster was the location of the most important sanctuary of the deme of Aixōnídes Halaí, in other words, the Saltfields of Aixōnē [1]. The Temple was founded in the sixth century BC, the Archaic Period [1]. It is of rectangular construction, 10.8m by 6.00m, and has a sekos and an adyton [1].