Plan, Delos, Delian Temple of Apollo

Foundation of the stylobate, Delos, Delian Temple of Apollo

Context: Delos
Type: Temple
Summary: Peripteral temple; located in the Sanctuary of Apollo, south of the Athenian Temple of Apollo.
Date: ca. 477 BC
Dimensions:

ca. 30 m x ca. 13 m.

Region: Cyclades
Period: Classical


Plan:

Doric peripteral temple, 6 x 13 columns. West opening cella with a pronaos and an opisthodomos, both distyle in antis.

History:

Completion delayed, and temple not completed until the end of the 4th century B.C.

Other Bibliography:

Rossiter 1981, 611; PECS, 261-264; Zaphiropoulou 1983, 19-20