Listed 13 sub titles with search on: Monuments reported by ancient authors for wider area of: "SICILY Island ITALY" .
bronze-work of Myron of Eleutherai
There is a temple of Hercules at Agrigentum, not far from the forum, considered very holy and greatly reverenced among the citizens.
SYRACUSSES (Ancient city) SICILY
Lygdamis has his tomb near the quarries at Syracuse.
GELA (Ancient city) SICILY
Site: Olympia
Type: Treasury
Summary: Small temple-like building; on the north side of the Sanctuary
of Zeus (Altis), the 12th from the west and most easterly of the treasuries.
Date: ca. 575 B.C. - 550 B.C.
Period: Archaic
Plan:
Cella opening south onto a deep Doric hexastyle prostyle porch. Large statue base
in cella.
History:
The prostyle porch was added to the temple at ca. 500 B.C.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains 2 image(s), bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
SELINOUS (Ancient city) SICILY
Site: Olympia
Type: Treasury
Summary: Small temple-like building; on the north side of the Sanctuary
of Zeus (Altis), the ninth treasury from the west, and fourth from the east on
the treasury house terrace. Altar on its west.
Date: ca. 550 B.C. - 525 B.C.
Period: Archaic
Plan:
Cella opening south onto Doric columned pronaos distyle in antis.
History:
Identification uncertain. Altar to the west has been identified as that of Rhea
or Gaia.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains 2 image(s), bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
SYRACUSSES (Ancient city) SICILY
Site: Delphi
Type: Treasury
Summary: Temple-like building; in the southern half of the Sanctuary
of Apollo, east of the curve where the Sacred Way 1st curves and ascends to the
northeast.
Date: ca. 550 B.C.
Period: Archaic
Plan:
Believed by Dinsmoor to be Doric prostyle tetrastyle.
History:
No detailed plan available and the identity of this treasury is much debated.
Destroyed after 413 B.C.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains 2 image(s), bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
Site: Olympia
Type: Treasury
Summary: Small temple-like building; on the north side of the Sanctuary
of Zeus (Altis), the 2nd treasury from the west on the Treasury Terrace.
Date: ca. 480 B.C.
Period: Classical
Plan:
Cella opening south onto a Doric distyle in antis pronaos.
History:
Built by Gelon, tyrant of Syracuse.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains 1 image(s), bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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