Context: | Sounion |
Type: | Gate |
Summary: | Gate building; in north wall of the Sanctuary of Poseidon. |
Date: | ca. 550 BC |
Region: | Attica |
Period: | Archaic |
Plan:
Steps divided by a central ramp led up from the north side to a gate distyle in antis at each end. Two interior pillars formed 3 openings.
History:
The original, poros building was faced and decorated with marble sometime in the 5th century B.C.
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