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RichardEly — Delphi, Tholos at The Sanctuary of Athena
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Published: 2018-03-29 08:26:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 685; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 0
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The Tholos at the sanctuary of Athena Pronoia (Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόνοια, "Athena of forethought") is a circular building that was constructed between 380 and 360 BCE. The Tholos is located approximately a half a mile (800 m) from the main ruins at Delphi.The Temple of Apollo at Delphi housed the greatest oracular shrine in the ancient world. There is an extensive discussion in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi
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The place itself is awesome, a wild mountainous valley with ruined temples.
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The Greeks are good at sculpting marble from the same quarry that the originals came from into pieces that fit perfectly with the fragments. I have several photos of the Parthenon in my gallery showing where they have done tis on a large scale.
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They are very beautiful! I'd love to travel and visit those areas someday to see them for myself. Over in the valley there was an exhibit at a major museum that was done on Pompeii. They had brought over samples of actual pieces from Pompeii and other museums to show there and it was amazing to see. I know it's not related to Greece as that was in Italy, however, the influence was still there. It was incredible to see.
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I spent a week near Pompeii in 2015, visited the old city 4 times, took many photos. I haven't uploaded any yet, but there are several from Herculaneum in my gallery.
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They are amazing! Thank you. I should see about uploading what little I could get from the museum. Their nothing like yours, but someone may like them.
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Very much so. We hired a driver so that we could spend the day unencumbered by tour operators.
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