Hephaisteion, Agora, Athens


  • Date
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Related person
Aimee Moore (was created by)
Date
449-444 BCE
Description
The Hephaisteion, or Temple of Hephaistos, is a Doric peripteral temple (6 x 13 columns) on the northwest side of the Agora. The temple was previously called the Theseion. It was converted to a Christian church in the seventh century C.E. Keywords: Greece, Perifereia Protevousis (Greater Athens), Athens, Acropolis, Agora, Temple of Hephaistos, ceremonial and/or religious structures, Classical Greek. Submitted by Aimee Moore for ARCH/LARCH 200.
Style/Period
Greek
Doric order
Material
stone and/or rock