Theseion

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Theseion is the traditional name for the well-preserved classical Greek temple in Athens long associated with the hero Theseus.

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Label Occurrences
Theseion canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek temple ⓘ
peripteral Doric temple ⓘ
architecturalStyle Doric order ⓘ
builtDuring Age of Pericles ⓘ
constructionEnd circa 415 BC ⓘ
constructionStart circa 449 BC ⓘ
convertedTo church of Saint George Akamates ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalSignificance important example of classical Doric architecture ⓘ
dedicatedTo Athena Ergane ⓘ
linked to: Athena

Hephaestus ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Hephaisteion ⓘ
Hephaisteion of the Agora ⓘ
Temple of Hephaestus ⓘ
hasCella naos with internal colonnade ⓘ
hasCityView view of the Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
hasColumnArrangement 6 by 13 columns ⓘ
hasFriezeDepicting deeds of Theseus ⓘ
labours of Heracles ⓘ
linked to: Twelve Labors
hasOpisthodomos yes ⓘ
hasOrientation east–west ⓘ
hasPlanType peripteral temple ⓘ
hasPronaos yes ⓘ
hasSanctuaryFunction sanctuary of Hephaestus and Athena Ergane ⓘ
hasSculpturalDecoration metopes with mythological scenes ⓘ
heritageDesignation archaeological site of national importance in Greece ⓘ
locatedIn Ancient Agora of Athens ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
locatedOn Kolonos Agoraios hill ⓘ
linked to: Agora hill
materialUsed Parian marble ⓘ
Pentelic marble ⓘ
namedAfter hero Theseus ⓘ
near Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
Areopagus ⓘ
Stoa of Attalos ⓘ
numberOfColumnsOnFaçade 6 ⓘ
numberOfColumnsOnFlanks 13 ⓘ
overlooks Ancient Agora of Athens ⓘ
partOf Archaeological Site of the Athenian Agora ⓘ
period Classical Greece ⓘ
roofType pitched roof ⓘ
stateOfPreservation well-preserved ⓘ
traditionalAssociation Theseus ⓘ
usedAs Christian church ⓘ
Greek pagan temple ⓘ
archaeological monument ⓘ

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