The Altar of the Twelve Gods (also called the Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods), was an important altar and sanctuary at Athens, located in the northwest...
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dōdeka, "twelve", and θεοί theoi, "gods") comes no earlier than the late sixth century BC. According to Thucydides, an altar of the twelve gods was established...
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building built in the 5th century B.C. used purely for socialising unlike many other buildings in the agora. Altar of the Twelve Gods Stoa Basileios (Royal...
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the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Greece; the peribolos enclosing the Altar of the Twelve Gods near the north end of the Athens ancient Agora; and the terrace...
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Stoa Poikile (redirect from The Porch)
conveyed the Eridanus. To the southwest, on the other side of the Panathenaic Way, were the Stoa Basileios, the Leokorion, and the Altar of the Twelve Gods. Another...
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12 (number) (redirect from Twelve (number))
The Twelve Olympians are the principal gods of the pantheon, they were preceded by twelve Titans, and Hercules carries out twelve labours. Altar of the...
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(Sanskrit: वेदी, romanized: Vedī, lit. 'altar') is the sacrificial altar in the Vedic religion. Such altars were an elevated outdoor enclosure, generally...
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temples, including to Dios, to the Altar of the Twelve Gods, and to Zeus Ourios (Zeus, granter of fair winds) Belonging to the BCE era have been discovered...
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the free dictionary. The Dii Consentes, also known as Di or Dei Consentes (once Dii Complices), or The Harmonious Gods, is an ancient list of twelve major...
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Pisa, Greece (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the DGRG without Wikisource reference)
Olympia as the same point in computing the distance from the altar of the twelve gods at Athens. Hippodamia of Pisa Tantalus (son of Broteas) List of ancient...
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Asylum (antiquity) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities)
Zeus Ayopcuos, the Altar of the Twelve Gods, the altar of the Eumenides on the Areopagus, the Theseum in the Piraeus, and the altar of Artemis, at Munichia...
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Kilometre zero (section Taiwan (Republic of China))
distances were measured from the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the ancient agora of Athens. So, that altar can be considered the first kilometre zero in human...
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gods," whose altars were designated as arae. di inferi, the gods below, that is, the gods of the underworld, infernal or chthonic gods, whose altars were...
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inherent in the world. The gods are energies or principles revealing, imitating, and propagating the way of heaven (天, Tian), which is the supreme godhead...
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Part of East Attica Part of West attica Tourist attractions Museums in Athens Shopping areas and markets Acropolis Altar of the Twelve Gods Altar of Zeus...
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Harmodius and Aristogeiton (sculpture) (redirect from The Tyrannicides (sculpture))
the base by Simonides Pausanias, I.8.5. "Gods and goddesses - The Classical Art Research Centre and The Beazley Archive". Gisela M. A. Richter. "The Right...
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Pantheon, Rome (redirect from Temple of all the gods)
"to the Twelve Gods", which are not necessarily true pantheons in the sense of a temple housing a cult that literally worships all the gods. The only...
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Gabii (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
city of Latium, located 18 km (11 mi) due east of Rome along the Via Praenestina, which was in early times known as the Via Gabina. It was on the south-eastern...
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Dipylon (category City walls of Athens)
The Dipylon (Greek: Δίπυλον, "Two-Gated") was the main gate in the city wall of Classical Athens. Located in the modern suburb of Kerameikos, it led to...
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the Erechtheion's north porch, that was built to the north of the altar. The temple fell into ruin by the early 5th century AD, when it was incorporated...
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South Stoa II (Athens) (redirect from South Stoa II (of Athens))
on the south side of the Agora in ancient Athens. It formed the south side of an enclosed complex called the South Square, which was built in the mid-second...
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Southwest Temple (category Buildings and structures completed in the 5th century BC)
The Southwest Temple is the modern name for a tetrastyle prostyle Doric temple located in the southwest part of the Ancient Agora of Athens. Fragments...
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large altar to the east and was surrounded by statues. A terrace to the north looked down on the Panathenaic Way. The northwest corner of the temple...
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Mars (mythology) (redirect from Altar of Mars)
presented as a complementary pair in the lectisternium, a public banquet at which images of twelve major gods of the Roman state were presented on couches...
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The Stoa of Zeus at Athens, was a two-aisled stoa located in the northwest corner of the Ancient Agora of Athens. It was built c. 425 BC–410 BC for religious...
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Against The Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism and Joseph Campbell in The Masks of God, Vol. 3: Occidental Mythology.) The following...
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Strategeion (category Ancient Agora of Athens)
The Strategeion, a trapezoidal chamber located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece, is known as the meeting room of the ten Strategoi of ancient Athens...
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Patroos. The sanctuary's altar was gilded by Neoptolemus son of Anticles in the 330s or 320s BC. IG II2 4984 inscribed "Of Apollo Patroos" may be part of this...
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Stoa Basileios (category Buildings and structures completed in the 6th century BC)
was a Doric stoa in the northwestern corner of the Athenian Agora, which was built in the 6th century BC, substantially altered in the 5th century BC, and...
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Zeus (redirect from Zeus the Greek god)
is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first...
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