Plan, Delphi, Newer Temple of Athena
| Context: | Delphi |
| Type: | Temple |
| Summary: | Prostyle temple; west of the Tholos in the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia (Marmaria). |
| Date: | ca. 370 BC - 360 BC |
| Dimensions: | ca. 22 m x 11 m. |
| Region: | Phocis |
| Period: | Late Classical |
Plan:
Cella with extended antae, opening southwest onto a pronaos with 6 prostyle columns. Two columns in the opening between the cella and pronaos. Rooms attached on the west side may have been priests' quarters.
History:
Built to replace the earlier temple to the east within the same sanctuary. This location was safer, out of the path of falling rocks which had destroyed the earlier temple.
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