Rhamnous Temple of Themis
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Rhamnous Temple of Themis

Polygonal masonry of the small temple at Rhamnous from early 5th c. BCE, believed to have been dedicated to Themis.

The early 5th c. BCE remains of the smaller temple next to the temple of Nemesis. It is believed that it was dedicated to Themis or to Themis and Nemesis jointly, with its walls built with polygonal masonry. It measures 10 x 6 meters and was abandoned in the 4th c. CE. It was built on the site there was an earlier temple of Nemesis from early 6th c. BCE is known from a few Laconian roof tile remains, and another made of poros stone that was probably destroyed by the Persians in 480-479 BCE. Although very few fragments remain from the temple's columns, it was a peripteral Doric temple (6 x 12 columns) made of local poros stone. Rhamnous, Attica, Greece.

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Architecture Attica Classical Doric Original Photo Rhamnous Temple
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