Context: | Eleusis |
Type: | House |
Summary: | Many roomed house; west and outside the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, within the Precinct of the Hiera Oikia. |
Date: | ca. 700 BC - 600 BC |
Region: | Attica |
Period: | Archaic |
Plan:
Irregular shape with almost apsidal west end . Entrance in the center of the southern wall to a long narrow room or court. Five rooms lined the northwestern wall.
History:
The Sacred House was probably dedicated to a hero, and though the building was destroyed in the 7th century B.C., cult activity continued in the precinct.
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