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		Here were the altar of Athena Areia and two stones, the Mhos "T/3pews, on which the accuser, and the MOOS 'Avat6etas, on which the accused, took their stand.
		The remains of two temples of Dionysus have been found adjoining the stoa of the theatre, and an altar of the same god adorned with masks and festoons; the smaller and earlier temple probably dates from the 6th century B.C., the larger from the end of the 5th or the beginning of the 4th century.
		The peribolos, a large artificial platform supported by a retaining wall of squared Peiraic blocks with buttresses, was excavated in 1898 without important results; it is to be hoped that the stability of the columns has not been affected by the operations.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=5311&locale=en (15373 words)

	Kameiros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On the middle terrace was the settlement and lower down the Hellenistic temple, Doric Fountain-house, Agora and Peribolos of the Altars.
		The Doric temple, a tetrastyle peripteral (with porticos on all four sides), was surrounded by a peribolos.
		A monumental staircase between the Agora and the Peribolos of the Altars led to the residential centre.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/211/21122a/e211va09.html (838 words)

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	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 94.03.17
		Catherine Morgan continues the argument in her suggestive but overly-condensed chapter on "The origins of pan-Hellenism," for which "there is no simple recipe" and which emerged gradually to control aristocratic activity that began during the eighth century.
		He finds that sanctuaries generally have an inner precinct, with altar, temple and votive offerings, which is separated from the outer precinct (alsos, "grove"), with a water supply and either permanent structures or simply shady places for temporary shelters.
		Particularly interesting in light of Sourvinou-Inwood's and Sinn's chapters is the second, which discusses how the space around the altar was marked off from the nearby stadium, though I missed discussion of the changing relationship between the temenos wall and Corinth highway.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1994/94.03.17.html (1719 words)

	Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Excavations have revealed the temple within a peribolos with two altars (earliest phase from the 6th century BC, remains from the late 4th century BC survive, with additions from the 2nd and 1st centuries BC), the Hellenistic theatre (3rd-1st century BC) in which the sacred rites of initiation were performed, a stoa (l.
		The entire sanctuary was girt by a strong peribolos.
		A host of ex-votos (in the Thebes Museum) have come to light, outstanding among which are the kantharoi and the so-called ‘Kabeirian skyphoi' with crude caricature scenes.
	www.ypai.gr /atlas/thesi_uk.asp?idthesis=201 (606 words)

	Myth Notes: Apollo and Cyprus
		Numerous cemeteries in sourronding district from the Yerokarka region to At Meydan to the west and Kaloriziki south of the modern road to Limassol and nearer the sea testify to the density of contemporary settlement without revealing its exact whereabouts.
		In 1983 was uncovered the solid limestone blocks, on bedrock, of first archaic peribolos wall at northern end of temenos.
		South of the altar small votive jugs came to light and fragments of other archaic ware.
	www.albany.edu /faculty/lr618/nacypr.html~ (993 words)

	Greece. Chosen by Gods
		On the second occasion (in the years of the Peisistratids towards the close of the 6th century B.C.), it was adorned with excellent carved gables while a second temple, dedicated to Athena, began to be built further South on the rock.
		To the N.W. of the theatre stood the Askiepeion, consisting of an old and a later precinct with a spring, a sanctuary, an altar and an arcade while, to the East, stood the Odeon of Pericies.
		It was built by the emperor Hadrian in the early part of the 2nd century A.D. and marked the boundary between the ancient city of Athens and the new quarter which was given the name of New Athens or Adrianople.
	www.greece.org /orgs/hellas/tourist_athens.html (2203 words)

	ancient sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Before the altar on the east stand two pillars, on which there were of old gilded eagles.
		Inside the entrance are altars, one to Poseidon, on which in obedience to an oracle they sacrifce also to Erechtheus, a second to the Hero Boutes, and a third to Hephaistos.
		The peribolos is very spacious, and is situated at the highest part of the city.
	socrates.berkeley.edu /~clas175/sources.html (12063 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The temenos of both temples was then enclosed by a peribolos, which itself shows at least one major phase of repair.
		The porticoes outside the peribolos were oriented through a propylon towards the sanctuary of Jupiter.
		Two sections of the deep trench in the Great Courtyard of the temple of Jupiter east of the great altar, which was first excavated in the 1960's and only partially documented at the time, were cleaned and drawn.
	www.dainst.org /index.php?id=2951&sessionLanguage=en (3223 words)

	Olympia and the Olympic Games
		The winner was driven through the breach in a four-horse chariot and led the entire populace in a triumphal procession to the altar of the city god where he laid down his olive crown.
		The area was surrounded by a peribolos (enclosure wall)— originally of wood but later of stone.
		But in the middle of the fifth century BC it was moved to the east, beyond the boundaries of the enclosure, and embankments were built to accommodate spectators (Figure 12).
	www.odysseyadventures.ca /articles/olympia/articleolympia.htm (2573 words)

	Sanctuary of Poseidon and Athena at Sounion
		Inside the enclosed area were erected the Temple of Athena, a smaller temple to the north, and altars.
		A deep pit on the SE side of the temenos was used as a deposit for the Archaic offerings destroyed by the Persians.
		The oval peribolos to the NW of the temenos has been identified as the "Heroon of Phrontes".
	kyttariki.biol.uoa.gr /wwwroot2/_private/sounio2.htm (1063 words)

	AR230 Homework #2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		According to this description, this structure is a wall enclosing the Sanctuary of Dionysos Eleuthereus where the Theater of Dionysos was located, against the southern slope of the Acropolis.
		It is described as a Peribolos Wall, and was built in the Attica region of Classical Greece.
		The wall was described as an irregularly shaped wall that bounded the sanctuary on the western, southern, and eastern sides, using the theater as its northern boundary.
	scv.bu.edu /GC/aber1/Projects/ar230/02/dionysos (202 words)

	Synagogue Faqs
		The term hieros peribolos ("sacred precincts") appears both in Philo's writings and in an inscription from Egypt.
		Nevertheless, they appear to have functioned similarly, possessing meeting halls and--in the case of Ostia--a communal banquet hall, which was discovered in the building's earliest phase.
		While synagogue-remains have not yet been found in Egypt, various allusions in inscriptions to asylum rights and to such architectural features as sacred precincts, pylons (monumental gateways), and exedrae (usually temple annexes for philosophical debate) suggest that the synagogues in this country were modeled after local temples.
	www.pohick.org /sts/faqs.html (3651 words)

	<Rhodes Images Index>
		RFM 43c - Rectangular altar with bucrania and
		RFM 67a - Cylindrical altar with pendant grape-
		Rectangular Altars: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
	www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk /image_archive/RhodesImagesIndex.html (438 words)

	Cities and Patron Deities
		Athenian agora was seat of numerous civic cults, a sanctuary precinct with its sacred enclosures, altars, tombs of heroes and festivals.
		Around the temples and altars arose various sorts of buildings such as "treasuries" set up by states or grateful individuals to receive offerings, or banqueting halls or dormitories for overnight visitors.
		First devoted to variety of religious rituals including sacrifices at great ash altar of Zeus (which was composed of a mixture of sacrifical debris and water from the Alpheios and had reached a height of seven meters by time Pausanias viewed it in late second century C.E. and other altars in the Altis.
	www.albany.edu /faculty/lr618/polis.html (4493 words)

	Temple in Jerusalem
		And the bronze altar which was before the LORD he removed from the front of the house, from the place between his altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of his altar.
		The altar was erected on the first day of the seventh month which is the beginning of the Feast of Trumpets (Numbers 29:1-6), an interesting foreshadowing of Israel's final regathering.
		In his arrogance he entered the temple and carried off the golden altar, the lamp-stand with all its equipment, the table for the Bread of the Presence, the sacred cups and bowls, the golden censers, the curtain and the crowns.
	www.british-israel.ca /temple.htm (17422 words)

	Perge
		Evidence for cultic activity on the acropolis predating the 7th century monumental cult altar was found in two structures with hearths and ash altars.
		The peribolos and geometric floor mosaic of the courtyard were fully exposed and three building phases were identified.
		There is a mid-3rd century Attic Dionysian kline sarcophagus with portraits of the couple preserved (a similar example exists in Thessaloniki); a marble sarcophagus with Amazonomachia, probably of Dokimeion marble; and a half-finished Proconnesian sarcophagus.
	cat.une.edu.au /page/perge (590 words)

	"From Crypt to Pronaos" by S. J. Neil - Theosophical Manual (KT)
		This fashion of raising the chancel or altar end of a church, to indicate the crypt underneath, was widely imitated even where the reason for it did not exist.
		Now this was in the outer court or pronaos, and may have been the symbol of exoteric religion; but it was not the true center or heart of the temple.
		The great sacrifices and banquets shared by all the people were celebrated in the court of the temple (peribolos) which included the altars for sacrifice, and was itself surrounded by a wall with only one place of entrance.
	www.theosophy-nw.org /theosnw/ktmanual/kt-prona.htm (5785 words)

	BMCR-L: BMCR 2004.02.26, Helmut Kyrieleis (ed.), Olympia 1875-2000
		Excavations under the 'Pillar of the Rhodians' to the east of the great altar produced clear evidence of occupation in LH IIIC and into PG, although a slight break may exist at the end of the 11th century.
		Although the first peribolos wall of the sanctuary dates around 575 and the first formal panhellenic games to 586/82 (49th Olympiad), the earliest votives found thus far in the sanctuary are of the late 9th century.
		The 70 odd altars recorded by Pausanias are clearly subsidiary and form minor sacred points around the central altar and associated buildings, something like a reflection of the hierarchy on Mt. Olympos.
	omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu /mailing_lists/BMCR-L/2004/0062.php (2687 words)

	Archaeological World in Roman & Greek period
		The Hitties and the Phyrigians, the early civilizations in Anatolia, built altars, temples or cities at almost every water source.
		In front of it, there is an area (peribolos) for defense surrounded by walls.
		The temple is located in the center of the city.
	www.archaeology-classic.com /turkey/pamukkale.html (695 words)

	Syria Gate - About Syria - Palmyra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Both of them verified that the second century cella is an enlargement of a more modest construction, referred to in an inscription as the pyrethée, or "fire altar".
		Another altar dating from the sixth century B.C. is dedicated "to Allath who is also Artemis", a deity described by Homer as "The Lady Beloved of the Wild Beasts".
		The 3.5 meter lion we mentioned before, found in the temenos of the temple and currently on display at the entrance to the museum, bears the inscription: "Allath doth bless the one who spilleth not blood against this temple".
	www.syriagate.com /Syria/about/cities/Homs/palmyra-cm.htm (5400 words)

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		On the N side of the ravine are the temple, altar, sacred spring, stoa, theater and other structures associated with the cult and healing.
		The sanctuary of Demeter is located within the city walls of Eleusis, occupying the area between the E slope of the acropolis and the E fortification wall, and is isolated from the rest of the city by a separate cross-wall at the NE.
		The Altis or sacred grove, the temple of Hera, and the temple and altar of Zeus were the most important elements of the precinct.
	geryon.perseus.tufts.edu /data/\Gabe\sites.fmp.txt (18663 words)

	Temples - The Sanctuary of Athena Camiras at Camirus - Main
		Parts of the enclosure wall are preserved in the south part of the plateau, as well as the foundations of the Temple.
		This was probably the Hierothyteion of Camirus, known from inscriptions.
		he inscribed altars were erected on two levels and dedicated to different deities (Agathos Daemon, Artemis, Zeus, Poseidon and others).
	www.goddess-athena.org /Museum/Temples/Camirus/Camirus_m.htm (957 words)

	Thais - Architettura Armena
		This type of “refusal” to accept contacts and suggestions from a nearby and dangerous power that might have been Byzantium is not surprising but is rather seen as a model that threatens both political and cultural survival.
		Tradition recalls the presence of temples and fire altars, linked to the Iran-Mazdeistic cult.
		la tipologia quadriconca con le absidi traforate che si espandono in un peribolo avvolgente, generando un effetto di spazialità che tende a dilatarsi e ad espandersi all’infinito.
	www.thais.it /architettura/Armena/Introduzione1.htm (2420 words)

	Iconoclasm and Sculptures in Cyrene, Libya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It involves a system of terraces, interior retaining walls and stairways surrounded by an outer lateral peribolos.
		No permanent altars were found but the relatively high number of portable stone altars found, ranging in size, undoubtedly helped to accomodate most of the sacrificial activity taking place within the Sanctuary.
		The wall that seperates the Lower from the Middle Sanctuary is the latest terracing device that goes back to the foundation of the Sanctuary in the 7th century BC.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /~stavrou/excavation.html (544 words)

	Thasos
		The centre of the agora was full of monuments, altars and small sanctuaries.
		Coming back to the north west stoa you pass the Paraskeniaon your right and come to the circular base of the peribolos with scant remains of the sanctuary of Zeus to the left.
		In the centre (being careful of the boggy patches) you find the large rectangular base of the altar of Gaius and Leucius Caesar and beyond that the sanctuary of Theogenes, a famous wrestler and boxer, winner of the Olympic games.
	www.ancientgreecejourney.co.uk /places/thasos.htm (2625 words)

	Berkeley paper
		Bagnani's sketch* of this south end of the Processional Way clarifies in which deipneterion cellar some 40 inscribed ostraka were discovered.
		From 55 to 5 BC the dromos was embellished with altars and bases.
		In the first century AD, many idiotai were built around the court of the outer enclosure, including the enamelist's workshop.
	bancroft.berkeley.edu /Exhibits/Papyri/begg.html (4032 words)

	syria - NumisWiki, The Collaborative Numismatics Project
		Zeugma, on the right bank of the Euphrates, opposite Apameia (Birejik), both cities founded by Seleucus I and connected by a bridge of boats.
		This Zeus had altars at Olympia, Athens, andc.; rocks and places struck by lightning were re- garded as sacred to him (B. C., p.
		The ancient name Bambyce was changed to Hieropolis by Seleucus Nicator, who built a new temple for Atargatis (Astarte), the great goddess of the city (cf.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /numiswiki/view.asp?key=syria (6276 words)

	SkyscraperCity - Archaeology Thread (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Central Court was bounded by porticoes on three sides, on the south, east and west.
		Essentially this was a gathering place for people to observe the religious ceremonies which focussed on the circular altar in the southern half of the court.
		The 'throne room' suite, the Great Megaron, is virtually identical to that at Pylos, a megaron consisting of a portico with two columns, a broad antechamber and the throne room itself.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=203466&page=2 (7302 words)

	Archive of Glastonbury Review
		We slipped away from the banquet during a pause in the speeches and walked to the Zoodochos Pege (“Life-giving Spring”), known to the Turks as Bal ı k ı Kilise, where we were warmly welcomed and able to enjoy the peaceful tranquillity of the shrine.
		We were about to re-enter the old city through the Silivri Kapisi (known in Byzantine times as the Gate of the Pege) when we noticed an iron gate on the north side leading to the peribolos or inner walk (the area between the inner and outer walls) which was unlocked.
		However, the essential edifice and even the structures of the elaborate altars, was intact and restoration, if not delayed for too long, may still prove realistic.
	www.britishorthodox.org /112f.php (7028 words)

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