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In 2020, the ancient columns of the Hecate temple were re-erected following extensive restoration and excavation at the site. [18] The head of excavation at the temple, Professor Bilal Sögüt, noted that visitors could now see where the columns would have stood 2050 years ago when the temple was a place of worship to the goddess Hecate.
Hecate (/ ˈ h ɛ k ə t i / HEK-ə-tee; [4] Ancient Greek: Ἑκάτη) [a] is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding a pair of torches, a key, or snakes, or accompanied by dogs, [5] and in later periods depicted as three-formed or triple-bodied.
The Old Temple Terrace at the Heraion stands above the central terrace, [23] and the structure serves as a retaining wall; the hard surface constructed on the top of the wall acts could have acted a foundation for a large structure. [24] The Old Temple stands on the upper terrace of the Heraion nearby. [25]
Halieis (Ancient Greek: Ἁλιεῖς), [1] or Halice or Halike (Ἁλίκη), [2] or Halia (Ἁλία), [3] or Alycus or Alykos (Ἄλυκος), [4] or Haliai (Ἁλιαί), [5] was a port town of Hermionis, in ancient Argolis at the mouth of the Argolic Gulf. The district is called Halias (ἡ Ἁλιάς) by Thucydides. [6]
The Valle dei Templi (Italian: [ˈvalle dei ˈtɛmpli]; Sicilian: Vaddi di li Tempri), or Valley of the Temples, is an archaeological site in Agrigento (ancient Greek: Ακραγας, Akragas), Sicily.
The apodyterium near the stadion Temple of Zeus. In Greek mythology, Nemea was ruled by king Lycurgus and queen Eurydice. Nemea was famous in Greek myth as the home of the Nemean Lion, which was killed by the hero Heracles, [1] and as the place where the infant Opheltes, lying on a bed of parsley, was killed by a serpent while his nurse Hypsipyle fetched water for the Seven against Thebes on ...
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Vulcan (Latin: Vulcanus, in archaically retained spelling also Volcanus, both pronounced [wʊɫˈkaːnʊs]) is the god of fire [1] including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth.