Temple of Ares

The Temple of Ares was a Doric hexastyle peripteral temple dedicated to Ares, located in the northern part of the Ancient Agora of Athens [1]. The temple had a large altar to the east and was surrounded by statues [1]. The temple was originally located at Pallene, where it was dedicated to Athena Pallenis and - probably - Apollo [1]. The temple was transferred to the Agora and rededicated to Ares during the reign of Augustus [1]. Around 230 fragments of the superstructure have been found reused in later structures throughout the Agora [1]. They are now collected at the western end of the temple [1]. They are made of a distinctive crystalline Pentelic marble with gray-green chlorite veins [1]. They can be dated stylistically to the second half of the 5th century BC, probably the 430s BC [1].