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Location

  • Türkiye, Yuntdağıköseler
  • geo:38.83099,27.186951

Period or year

  • -6xx? / unknown

Classification

  • temple
  • Visible

Aeolian Aigai, Athena Temple

data access 34340

The sanctuar dedicated to Atehena surrounded by Archaic walls, is located in the western corner of the acropolis.  Some Attic ceramics, some with graffiti, dating back to the Archaic Period and 5th century BC, and numerous miniature lekythos temples painted in the red figure technique were found in the fill of the naos foundations. 

Sources:

  1. Richard Bohn eds. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts / Ergänzungs-Heft: Altertümer von Aegae, Bonn 1889,
  2. https://aigai.info/antik-yapilar/athena-kutsal-alani-2/

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2017-01-20) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/34340
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Aeolian Aigai, Athena Temple. https://vici.org/vici/34340, accessed 2026-11-03.