Delphi
19°
Feels like: 19°CMostly Cloudy
07:2219:18 EEST
Wind: 5km/h NE
Humidity: 73%
Pressure: 1016.59mbar
UV index: 0
FriSatSun
21/13°C
21/13°C
22/12°C
21/13°C
22/12°C
Summary
Treasury of the Doric order, made entirely out of St Elias’ limestone; it was situated a few meters below the first turn of the Sacred Way in the Sanctuary of Apollo. It was dedicated by the Thebans for their victory at Leuktra in 371 B.C.
Text
In the southwestern corner of the precinct stood a treasury of the Doric order, which had been dedicated by the Thebans after their victory against the Lacaedemonians at Leuktra in 371 B.C. It was a rectangular building measuring 12.29 x 7.21 meters, based on a crepis with two steps, made of local limestone of St. Elias, dark grey with bluish shades, which emphasized the plain, rigid style. It was contrasting the elegance and polychromy of the nearby Treasury of the Siphnians. The architect had taken particular care of making the building as stable as possible.
The building was surrounded by a frieze consisting of metopes and triglyphs in white marble. Several views have been expressed on the exact architectural form. It was possibly a uniform building, without columns, possibly with two doors at the narrow sides and with a perpendicular wall for extra support. Τhe cella was illuminated through a window on the western wall.
MUSEUM OF DELPHI
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.
This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.
Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.
Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!
More information about our Cookie Policy