| Context: | Amphiaraion |
| Type: | Stoa |
| Summary: | Stoa; on the east side of the Sanctuary of Amphiaraios, southeast of the Theater. |
| Date: | ca. 360 BC |
| Dimensions: | 110.15 m x 11.45 m; rooms at either end: 10.12 m x 5.9 m; Doric column diameter: 0.66 m, intercolumniation: 2.29 m; Ionic column diameter: 0.58 m, intercolumniation: 5.66 m. |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Classical |
Plan:
Two-aisled stoa opening southeast with an outer Doric colonnade of 41 columns and an inner Ionic colonnade of 17 columns. At either end was a small room separated from the rest of the stoa by two columns with a screen between them. A bench ran the length of the back wall.
History:
Also known as the Enkoimeterion. Pilgrims to the sanctuary would sleep here while awaiting the oracle's advice. The small rooms may have been for female pilgrims. A level area in front of the stoa may have been used as a track.
This stoa probably replaced an earlier one located farther southwest on the terrace where the later row of dedications stood.
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