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Amyzon
Simon Hornblower
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Bassae
Richard Allan Tomlinson
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Brauron
Robin Osborne
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Delphi
Michael C. Scott
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Ephyra
W. M. Murray
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Heraion
Richard Allan Tomlinson
Sanctuary of *Hera. The most important are the Heraion of *Argos(1), and the Heraion of *Samos. Both are situated at some distance from the cities which controlled or dominated them. The Argive Heraion is at an important but abandoned late bronze age site, which may have influenced its selection; the Samian Heraion also may have had earlier significance. Both developed early, having peripteral temples by at latest the first half of the 7th cent.
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Labraunda
Simon Hornblower
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Lindus
Ellen E. Rice
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milk
Robert Sallares
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Nemea
Kim Shelton
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Olympia
Catherine A. Morgan, Simon Hornblower, and Antony Spawforth
Olympia, *panhellenic sanctuary of *Zeus located in hill country beside the river *Alpheus in *Elis.
There is evidence of extensive prehistoric settlement in the vicinity including a large EH tumulus in the Altis which remained visible into the early iron age, MH houses, and Mycenaean tombs (see
Votives (tripods and figurines) in an ash layer in the Altis indicate cult activity at least from the late 10th cent. (perhaps with an early ash altar). The first Olympiad was traditionally dated 776
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Panskoye I
Vladimir F. Stolba
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Parthenon
Richard Allan Tomlinson
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Persephone/Kore
Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
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phallus
Richard Seaford
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Ptoion
John Buckler
Ptoion, sanctuary of *Apollo located in the territory of *Acraephnium in *Boeotia. The ruins of the oracle on Mt. Ptoon consist of the remains of a temple, a grotto and spring, and various sacred buildings. Excavations have found rich dedications of Archaic date, especially statuary. The cult dates at least from the 8th cent.
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Rogozen
Simon Hornblower
Rogozen, Bulgarian site in ancient *Thrace (see also
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sanctuaries, Greek
Margaret M. Miles
Greek sanctuaries were areas set apart for devotion to the gods, where people made sacrifices and other offerings. Reflecting the underlying unity of Greek religions across a broad geography, the sanctuaries are found where Greeks settled and formed communities, from the east coast of Spain to Ukraine, and the south coast of France to Libya and northern Egypt. The sanctuaries could be as simple as a rural shrine by a spring, in a cave, or by a crossroads, or contain busy temples in cities or large complexes as at Delphi, Olympia, Dodona, and Delos. Most were open to everyone, and they became focal points for many aspects of Greek culture: social life, politics, commemoration, music and poetry, athletics, medicine, and displays of dedicated art and architecture. Sanctuaries often enhanced the economies of their regions. They marked coastlines, trading routes, and territorial borders. What they have in common is an area set apart with defined boundaries, thought of as belonging to a particular Greek deity or deities, with an altar for sacrifices. Many of them were in use for at least a thousand years.