• A Heraion /həˈreɪˌɒn/ or Heraeum /həˈriːəm/ is a temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Hera Notable temples include: Heraion of Samos, the most important...
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    The Heraion of Samos was a large sanctuary to the goddess Hera, on the island of Samos, Greece, 6 km southwest of the ancient city of Samos (modern Pythagoreion)...
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    The Heraion of Argos (Greek: Ἡραῖον Ἄργους) is an ancient sanctuary in the Argolid, Greece, dedicated to Hera, whose epithet "Argive Hera" (Ἥρη Ἀργείη...
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    The temples of Hera in the two main centers of her cult, the Heraion of Samos and the Heraion of Argos in the Argolis, were the very earliest monumental...
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    its vineyards and wine production. It is home to Pythagoreion and the Heraion of Samos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that includes the Eupalinian aqueduct...
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    The Heraion of Perachora (Greek: Ηραίο Περαχώρας) is a sanctuary of the goddess Hera situated in a small cove of the Corinthian gulf at the end of the...
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    The Heraion at Foce del Sele (English "Heraion at the mouth of the River Sele") is an archaeological site consisting of an Ancient Greek sanctuary complex...
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    (387–312 BC) who was informed by the priests of Heraion that Pheidon, king of Argos, dedicated rod-shaped obeloi to Heraion. Similar information about Pheidon's...
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  • Hieria (redirect from Heraion (Bithynia))
    Hieria (in Greek variously Ἱερεῖα, Ἱερία, Ἡρία), also known as Heraeum or Heraion (Ἡραῖον), modern Fenerbahçe, was a town of ancient Bithynia and a suburb...
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    of Pontus (died ca. 310 BC) is cited as having mentioned the obols of Heraion and also gives the etymology of obolos (the name of the coin) from obelos...
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    of the Goddess Hera, the protective city deity of Ancient Argos, on the Heraion of Argos in Argos. It was the highest religious office in Ancient Argos...
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    tunnel, the Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct. Along with the Heraion of Samos, the Pythagoreion was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site...
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    Anubis. The Temple of Hera, circa 500 BC, is a rebuilding of an earlier Heraion on the site. The House of Dionysus is a luxurious second-century private...
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    the UNESCO World Heritage List along with the nearby Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos, and it was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering...
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    and anti-Spartan factions on the island, one faction associated with the Heraion and the other with the Artemision of Samos. Herodotus reports that Polycrates...
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    The Temple of Hera, or Heraion, is an ancient Archaic Greek temple at Olympia, Greece, that was dedicated to Hera, queen of the Greek gods. It was the...
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  • Heraeum or Heraion (Ancient Greek: Ἥραιον), also known as Heraion Teichos (Ἡραῖον τεῖχος) was a Greek city in ancient Thrace, located on the Propontis...
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    Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on Patmos, the Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos in Samos, the Nea Moni of Chios, the island of Delos, and the...
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    Pythagoreion, has designated a joint UNESCO World Heritage Site with nearby Heraion. The seat of the municipality was the town of Pythagorio, formerly known...
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  • statue during a routine topographical excavation on the Sacred Way in the Heraion. The Kouros stands 5.25 meters tall and its body is mostly intact. Its...
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  • Kyrieleis, "The Heraion of Samos" Archived 2012-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, Scott J. Thompson, tr., from Kyrieleis' Führer Durch das Heraion von Samos ["Guide...
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    Temple of Juno Lacinia (Crotone), the Second Temple of Hera (Paestum), the Heraion at Foce del Sele, the Temple of Poseidon (Taranto), the Tavole Palatine...
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  • Thessaloniki Olympia Mystras Delos H. Loukas Nea Moni Pythagoreion and Heraion Vergina Mycenae Patmos Tiryns Corfu Daphni Philippi Zagori The United Nations...
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    Heracles and Alcyoneus, metope from the first Heraion at Foce del Sele...
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    further reinforced with the unearthing of six "spits" of iron in an Argive Heraion, possibly remainders of a dedication from Pheidon.[citation needed] In...
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    century: the position of the naos "floated" within the peristasis. The Heraion of Olympia (c. 600 BC) exemplifies the transition from wood to stone construction...
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    the classic instance is the wedding of Zeus and Hera celebrated at the Heraion of Samos, along with its architectural and cultural predecessors. Some...
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    has been seen as the original "design" for the proper crown. Within the Heraion at the mouth of the Sele, near Paestum, Magna Graecia, is a chapel devoted...
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  • Euboea, were the nurses of Hera. The town of Prosymna which is beneath Heraion was named after the nymph. Pausanias, 2.17.1. Pausanias, 2.17.2. Pausanias...
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    Archaic Heraion Project at Mon Repos is a project that has undertaken the task of digitising the architectural fragments found at the Corfu Heraion with...
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