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Temples

Temples

the oldest: Paus. 2.31.6, Paus. 7.4.5
kept away from dwellings of men: Paus. 9.22.2
not to be entered: Paus. 7.26.7, Paus. 8.10.2, Paus. 8.30.2
entered only by priests or priestesses: Paus. 2.10.2, 4, Paus. 8.47.5
opened only once a year: Paus. 6.25.2, Paus. 9.25.3
opened only twice a year: Paus. 10.35.7
common to all the gods: Paus. 1.5.5, Paus. 1.18.9, Paus. 2.2.8, Paus. 2.25.6, Paus. 3.22.8, Paus. 4.32.1
sanctuaries of Ionia unmatched: Paus. 7.5.4
the two most beautiful temples of Peloponnese: Paus. 8.41.8, Paus. 8.45.5
temple like cave: Paus. 3.25.4
Doric: Paus. 5.10.2, Paus. 5.16.1, Paus. 5.20.9
double: Paus. 1.26.5, Paus. 2.10.2, Paus. 2.25.1, Paus. 6.20.3, Paus. 8.9.1
with upper story: Paus. 3.15.10
burnt: Paus. 1.1.5, Paus. 2.5.5, Paus. 7.5.4, Paus. 10.35.2 ff.
roofless: Paus. 1.1.5, Paus. 1.40.6, Paus. 1.44.3, Paus. 2.7.6, Paus. 2.11.2, Paus. 2.12.2, Paus. 2.15.2, Paus. 2.24.3, Paus. 2.34.10, Paus. 2.36.2, Paus. 3.21.8, Paus. 3.22.10, Paus. 6.25.1, Paus. 8.41.10, Paus. 8.44.3, Paus. 9.33.3
ruined: Paus. 2.9.7, Paus. 2.11.1, Paus. 2.36.8, Paus. 6.20.6, Paus. 6.21.3, 4, 6, Paus. 8.9.6, Paus. 8.12.9, Paus. 8.14.4, Paus. 8.15.5, Paus. 8.17.1, Paus. 8.24.6, Paus. 8.25.3, Paus. 8.26.2, Paus. 8.30.4, 6, Paus. 8.31.9, Paus. 8.32.2, 3, Paus. 8.35.5, Paus. 8.36.8, Paus. 8.44.2, 4, Paus. 8.53.11, Paus. 8.54.5, Paus. 9.33.7, Paus. 10.8.6, Paus. 10.35.3
unfinished: Paus. 7.5.4, Paus. 9.2.1, Paus. 9.4.4, Paus. 9.39.4
made of bees' wax and feathers: Paus. 10.5.9
of unburnt brick: Paus. 5.5.6, Paus. 10.35.10
of brick, but rebuilt of white marble: Paus. 1.42.5
of bronze: Paus. 10.5.11
of conglomerate: Paus. 5.10.2
of fern: Paus. 10.5.10
of laurel: Paus. 10.5.9
of Pentelic marble: Paus. 8.28.1
of oak logs: Paus. 8.10.2
of stone: Paus. 7.27.2, Paus. 8.41.7
adorned with paintings: Paus. 1.17.2, Paus. 1.18.1, Paus. 9.4.2
surrounded by colonnade: Paus. 5.10.2, Paus. 5.16.1, Paus. 6.25.1, Paus. 8.30.10
architrave of: Paus. 10.19.4
back chamber (opisthodomos) of: Paus. 5.10.9, Paus. 5.13.1, Paus. 5.15.3, Paus. 5.16.1
columns (pillars) of: Paus. 2.11.2, Paus. 2.17.3, Paus. 5.10.2, 10, Paus. 5.16.1, Paus. 6.25.1, Paus. 8.26.2, Paus. 8.30.4, 10, Paus. 8.44.2, Paus. 8.45.5
curtain of: Paus. 5.12.4
doors of: Paus. 5.10.9, 10
foretemple (pronaos) of: Paus. 2.1.7, Paus. 2.17.3, Paus. 5.12.5, Paus. 8.32.2, Paus. 10.8.6, Paus. 10.24.1
frieze of: Paus. 5.10.5
galleries and staircase in: Paus. 5.10.10
sculptures over columns of: Paus. 2.17.3
sculptures above doors of: Paus. 5.10.9
sculptures in gables of: Paus. 1.24.5, Paus. 2.11.8, Paus. 5.10.6-8, Paus. 7.26.6, Paus. 8.45.6 ff., Paus. 9.11.6, Paus. 10.19.4
tiles of: Paus. 5.10.3
building in form of temple, without walls, its roof supported by oaken pillars: Paus. 6.24.9

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