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Modern Description: "Impressive marble columns and stylobate, sunk in a muddy depression just south of the river of Thorikos. Unsignposted. A muddy track runs N from the coastal road. The last part must be walked, looking for a gap in the fence near the river.
This early 5th c. BC Doric stoa was excavated in 1893. Built of Agrileza marble, columns never fluted and with lifting bosses intact, the building was divided lengthwise by a central wall. Parts of it were reused in the Agora in Roman times. ""The up-dated plan-maps show a 14.70 x 31.96 m Doric stoa, double-faced and with a central crosswall – a janiform installation, possibly with the function of a propylon. It dates from the last quarter of the 5th century BC, i.e. it seems to have been built during the Peloponnesian War. It may have been part of a special area – a sanctuary, perhaps, or an agora – but the surroundings have not been investigated, and the ancient remains currently lie below c. two metres of alluvial fill. However, it has often been thought that Thorikos may have featured a sanctuary for Demeter, given her importance in the local, ritual calendar and myth, and if there was indeed a sanctuary for her in the Adami plain, then the stoa may represent its entrance. The finds have not, however, either confirmed or denied this hypothesis."" (https://www.thorikos.be/thorikos-the-site/#demeter-temple)
Trismegistos Geo: 37810"

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