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The Siphnian Treasury was a building at the Ancient Greek cult centre of Delphi, erected to host the offerings of the polis, or city-state, of Siphnos. It was one of a number of treasuries lining the "Sacred Way", the processional route through the Sanctuary of Apollo, erected to win the favor of the gods and increase the prestige of the donor ...
Next to a portico built by the Arcadians along the Sacred Way in the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi, the visitor would see a semi-circular pedestal dedicated by the Argives after 369 B.C., to stress their contribution to the building of the city of Messene, the capital of the liberated Messenians.
Apollo. The chryselephantine statues of Apollo, Artemis and Leto occupy a hall in the Delphi Archaeological Museum looking rather like a treasury. They constitute excellent specimens of mid-6th century B.C. art, coming from workshops in Ionia, or, to a certain extent, Corinth.
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During antiquity, the temple was home to the famous Greek prophetess the Pythia, or the Oracle of Delphi, making the Temple of Apollo and the sanctuary at Delphi a major Panhellenic religious site as early as the 8th century B.C.E., and a place of great importance at many different periods of ancient Greek history. [3]
The Athenian Treasury (Greek: Θησαυρός των Αθηναίων) at Delphi was constructed by the Athenians to house dedications and votive offerings made by their city and citizens to the sanctuary of Apollo. The entire treasury including its sculptural decoration is built of Parian marble.
Towards the southwestern end of the Sacred Way in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, are located the foundations of a treasury which is identified as that dedicated by the Boeotians. Pausanias does not mention this particular building, thus it is possible that it has been destroyed by his time. The architectural parts that are still extant ...