DelphiMuseum - Archaeological Site of Delphi

The Treasury of the Massaliots

Summary The treasury of the Massaliots was situated in the sanctuary of Athena Pronaιa. It looked like a small temple in antis with two columns on the facade; it was constructed of Paros marble. It measured 6,14 Χ 8,50 with a height of 7,80 meters. From […]

The Stele and the Sphinx of the Naxians

The stele of the Naxians, an ex-voto of 560 B.C., is one of the most important and impressive offerings within the sanctuary of Apollo. The mythical form of the archaic Sphinx was rendered with severity and with incisions for the details. On the cylindrical base of […]

The Megarian Treasury

To the North of the Treasury of the Siphnians stand the remains of the Treasury of the Megarians, dated to the end of the 6th century B.C. The building has been reconstructed in the form of a Doric treasury distyle in antis. At a later stage […]

The Tripod of Plataea (the Serpent Column)

In 479 B.C., after the battle at Plataea, the 31 Greek cities which participated at the wars against the Persians dedicated to the sanctuary of Apollo an enormous golden tripod from the tithe of the booty of the war. This important monument was famous for its […]

The temple of Athena Pronaia

Summary The temple of Athena Pronaia had three phases. The earlier temples (A and B) were built in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. respectively and were made of poros stone, whereas the third one was built in the 4th century B.C. of limestone. The latter […]

The Lesche οf The Cnidians

Summary The Lesche of the Cnidians hosted two famous paintings by Polygnotus, namely the Capture of Troy and the Nekyia. It was built in the second quarter of the 5th century B.C. It was a rectangular building with a clerestory along the western side and possibly […]

The Temple οf Apollo

https://delphi.culture.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ToA_present_video4e.mp4 Summary The archaic temple of Apollo was constructed in 510 B.C. with money raised by many Greek cities under the auspices of the Alcmaeonids of Athens. When this temple was destroyed by an earthquake in 373 B.C., the Greek cities collected money again and built […]