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Modern Description: The temple is reachable, coming from Pallantion, via a mediocre dirt road that forks left uphill (signs for Metamorphosis chapel) from the paved road just before a modern cave church of Ag. Paraskevi. Take the unmarked left fork at the first saddle. "There were two Archaic temples built over one another located on the summit of Mount Boreion at Vigla near Asea. The extant temple was from the Late Archaic period and built entirely of marble. Originally dated to c. 570-540 BC based on the style of the geison blocks and palmette finials, it has recently been down dated to c. 520-510 BC judging from the style of its Doric remains. The altar was located to the north of the temples and appears to have served both of the temples. The pottery and bronzes from the site show the sanctuary existed from the end of the seventh century. Ties with Sparta are suggested by the Laconian style antefixes and metal sheet figures extremely similar to those from Laconian sanctuaries, notably that of Artemis Orthia in Sparta. The excavator Rhomaios believed these were the temples dedicated to Athena Soteira and Poseidon mentioned in Pausanias' account (VIII. 44.4). - Although a few scholars have challenged this identification, the sanctuary matches well with the description of the location. In addition, bronze and iron tridents, usually associated with cults of Poseidon, were discovered in the strata of the older temple." (A.M. Holmes, 1995 Regional Variations of Early Archaic Greek Doric Temples... https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/2927271/338845.pdf
Wikidata ID: Q111082717
DARE: 46257

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