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Location:

  • Greece, Angathiás
  • geo:35.1954,26.275675
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -800~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

The temple of Zeus Diktaios. An inscription broken in pieces, preserving a hymn to Diktaian Zeus was discovered in the surrounding area.

See:

  1. Ian Swindale. "Palaikastro" -  http://www.minoancrete.com/palaikastro.htm
  2. Florence Gaignerot-Driessen, The frieze from the Temple of Dictaean Zeus at Palaikastro, in: Πεπραγμένα του I’ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου (2006), Réthymnon, Chania 2011, pp. 425-436

Nearby

Palekastro

Ancient Palekastro - Kastri.

Building 5 at Palekastro

Building 5 , home sanctuary

Palaikastro Kouros

The lithochryselephantine sculpture.


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