Marble Temple Of Apollo

The temple of apollo is a roman temple built in 120 bc and dedicated to the greek and roman god apollo in the ancient roman town of pompeii southern italy.

Marble temple of apollo.

According to the legend the first temple of apollo at delphi was made of laurel branches the second of beeswax and feathers and the third of bronze while the fourth was built by the legendary architects trofonios and agamedes aided by apollo himself. It was dedicated to apollo the god of the sun and music. But it was home to both of the temples dedicated to the twins apollo and artemis. Fragments of statues from the east pediment of the classical temple of apollo.

Its construction is placed between 450 bc and 400 bc. Didyma was an ancient greek sanctuary on the coast of ionia in the domain of the famous city of miletus. Parts of the temple s crepidoma still exist having been rediscovered in 2002. The temple of apollo palatinus palatine apollo was a temple on the palatine hill of ancient rome which was first dedicated by augustus to his patron god apollo.

1 located in the forum market place and facing the northern side of the town it is the town s most important religious building and has ancient origins. Apollo was the main deity of the sanctuary of didyma also called didymaion. Other deities were also honoured within the sanctuary. Marble circa 330 bce.

Made by the athenian sculptors praxias and androsthenes. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. The temple s ruins were discovered in the 18th century and many architectural fragments were dispersed among private collections or reworked into new sculptures. The temple was built in the 2nd century ad and it overlooked a semi circular theatre.

The temple of apollo zoster was discovered by accident in the beginning of the 20th century by children from the vouliagmeni orphanage who uncovered sections of walls and inscriptions. High quality temple of apollo gifts and merchandise. The didymaion was well renowned in antiquity because of its famed oracle. Inspired designs on t shirts posters stickers home decor and more by independent artists and designers from around the world.

The inscriptions led to the identification of the place as sacred and excavations began in 1926. The temple was dedicated to apollo epikourios apollo the helper. It depicts apollo far left seated on a tripod and holding a branch of laurel and a phiale symbols of his oracle leto and artemis among the muses. It was sited next to the temple of cybele.

Prior to excavations in 1956 it was generally thought to be the temple of jupiter victor. It sits at an elevation of 1 131 metres 1 above sea level on the slopes of kotylion mountain. This was probably the stone temple destroyed by fire in 548 bc.