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Temple of Apollo (Ναός του Απόλλωνα) (Naxos)
Temple of Apollo (Naxos), also called the Portara (Ναός του Απόλλωνα), an unfinished 530 BC marble temple of Delian Apollo begun by tyrant Lygdamis on islet Palatia; only its four-block, 20-ton marble gate survives.
Temple of Apollo at Corinth
The Temple of Apollo at Corinth (Ναός του Απόλλωνα) is a mid-6th-century BC Archaic Doric peripteral temple, 6 × 15 columns, on Temple Hill at Ancient Corinth, with seven standing monolithic limestone columns; its Apollo dedication was argued by Bookidis and Stroud in 2004.
Temple of Apollo at Delphi
Temple of Apollo at Delphi: Doric temple of the Panhellenic sanctuary, seat of the Pythia's oracle and the Omphalos. Fourth-century BC rebuilding (367–333 BC) after the 373 BC earthquake destroyed the 510 BC Alcmaeonid temple.
Temple of Apollo at Metropolis
Temple of Apollo at Metropolis: Archaic Doric temple (c. 560–540 BC) at Lianokokkala near ancient Metropolis, Thessaly, Greece; Apollo attested by a 4th-century cella inscription and a bronze hoplite cult statue; distinct from the Ionian Metropolis near İzmir.
Temple of Apollo at Syracuse
Temple of Apollo at Syracuse (Apollonion), on Ortygia island: earliest extant peripteral Doric temple of Sicily and Magna Graecia, ca. 590-580 BC, 6 x 17 monolithic limestone columns, inscription IG XIV 1 naming Kleomenes.
Temple of Apollo at Thermos
Temple of Apollo Thermios at Thermos, Aetolia (Ναός Απόλλωνα Θερμίου): 7th-century BC early Doric temple in the pan-Aetolian sanctuary near Lake Trichonis, seat of the Aetolian League's Thermika festival and magistrates' elections, abandoned after 167 BC.
Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros
Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros (Daphnephoreion), Eretria's poliadic sanctuary on Euboea: Geometric apsidal shrines, early archaic temple ca. 670-650 BC, marble late archaic temple ca. 530-520 BC with Theseus-Antiope pediment attributed to Antenor.
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae (Bassai): fifth-century BC Greek temple near Phigaleia, Arcadia, attributed by Pausanias to Iktinos; the earliest monument combining Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders, with the oldest known Corinthian capital.
Temple of Apollo Lepsios
Temple of Apollo Lepsios, sanctuary of Apollon Lepsieus on the Aegean island of Lepsia (modern Lipsoi, Dodecanese), near Hagios Nikolaos church; attested by the Milesian land-boundary decree IG XII 4, 4, 3897 of the late 2nd century BC.
Temple of Apollo Patroos
The Temple of Apollo Patroos (Ναός του Απόλλωνος Πατρώου) was a small temple on the west side of the Athenian Agora, dedicated to Apollo as ancestral father of the Athenians.
Temple of Apollo Zoster
Temple of Apollo Zoster, ancient sanctuary at Cape Zoster, Vouliagmeni, Attica, in deme Halai Aixonides; late 6th-century BC temple of Apollo, Artemis, and Leto, named for Leto's loosened girdle, with Zosteria festival and deme decrees.
Temple of Ares
Temple of Ares, Athenian Agora; also temple of Athena Pallenis. Doric temple built 436–432 BC, moved from Pallene to the Agora under Augustus, re-dedicated to Ares, destroyed by the Heruli in 267 AD.
Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, or Artemision, was the great Ionic temple of Artemis in Turkey, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Temple of Artemis Agrotera
Temple of Artemis Agrotera (Ναός Αγροτέρας Αρτέμιδος), small Ionic temple at Agrae on the Ilissos, Athens, attributed to Kallikrates; tied to the Marathon vow of 500 annual goats; demolished 1778, foundations survive.
Temple of Artemis Orthia
Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta, on the Eurotas River; Spartan Agoge cult site with Geometric origins, lead figurines, terracotta masks, and a 3rd-century AD Roman theater, excavated by the British School at Athens 1906–1910.
Temple of Asclepius
The Temple of Asclepius is a small Italic temple in Pompeii, the city's smallest monumental place of worship, likely dedicated to the healing god Asclepius.
Temple of Aššur at Assur
Temple of Aššur at Assur (Qal'at Sherqat, Iraq): main sanctuary of the national god Aššur, third millennium BC origins, rebuilt by Šamši-Adad, excavated 1903-1914 by Walter Andrae, with its ziggurat still standing.
Temple of Atargatis
Temple of Atargatis: sanctuaries of the Syrian fertility goddess Atargatis (Derketo, Dea Syria), chiefly at Hierapolis (unexcavated) and Dura-Europos (naos 31/32 CE), plus Carthago Nova and Nabataean temples.
Temple of Athena (Ilium)
Temple of Athena (Athenaion) at Ilium, sanctuary of Athena Ilias on Hisarlik (Troy). Hellenistic Doric temple attributed to Lysimachos, visited by Xerxes and Alexander, known from a 6-column coin and 2023 3D reconstruction.
Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea
Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea: fourth-century BC Arcadian temple, rebuilt by Scopas of Paros after the 395 BC fire, all-marble Doric 6x14 peristyle, ivory Athena statue, destroyed 6th c. AD.
Temple of Athena at Paestum
Temple of Athena at Paestum (formerly Temple of Ceres), a late Archaic Greek Doric temple of about 500 BC in the northern sanctuary of Poseidonia-Paestum, Italy, mixing Doric and Ionic orders and dedicated to Athena on votive evidence.
Temple of Athena at Sounion
Temple of Athena at Sounion (Athena Sounias): unusual two-sided Ionic temple on a hill near the Poseidon temple at Cape Sounion, Attica; predecessor destroyed by Persians in 480 BC, rebuilt ca. 450 BC, members reused in the Athenian Agora.
Temple of Athena Lindia
Temple of Athena Lindia (Athana Lindia), sanctuary on the acropolis of Lindos, Rhodes, worshipped c. 750 BCE to 4th c. CE; fire of 392/1 BCE, rebuilt c. 300 BCE; commemorated by the Lindian Chronicle of 99 BCE.
Temple of Athena Pronaia
Temple of Athena Pronaia (Ναός της Αθηνάς Προναίας), Delphi sanctuary temple in three phases: poros temples A (7th c. BC) and B (ca 510 BC) and a limestone temple of ca 360 BC, possibly dedicated to Artemis.
Temple of Athena Skiras at Phaleron
Temple of Athena Skiras at Phaleron, ancient Attic sanctuary of Athena Skiras (Σκιράς) at Athens' old harbor, founded per legend by the seer Skiros, linked to the Oschophoria and administered by the Salaminioi.
Temple of Athena Skiras on Salamis
Temple of Athena Skiras (Ἀθηνᾶ Σκιρὰς), Archaic-to-Roman sanctuary at the base of Mt. Arapis on Salamis island, Greece; tied to the Salaminioi genos, Herodotus's old island name Skiras, and spolia reused in an Early Christian basilica.
Temple of Augustales at Centuripae
Temple of Augustales at Centuripae: Roman imperial cult building (1st-2nd century AD) at Centuripe, Sicily, seat of the Augustales priesthood, with mosaicked room and statues of Augustus, the Drusi, and Hadrian.
Temple of Augustus et Livia
Temple of Augustus et Livia, also called Temple of Augustus and Livia, is a Corinthian Roman temple on the forum of Vienne, France, built under Augustus for Roma and Augustus, with Livia's name added after her 42 CE deification; preserved as a church and restored in the 19th century.
Temple of Augustus, Barcelona
Temple of Augustus (Temple d'August), Barcelona: remains of the main Roman temple of Barcino, late 1st century BC, on Mount Taber. Four Corinthian columns survive at Carrer del Paradís 10; its plan and forum orientation were reinterpreted in 2014 and 2026.
Temple of Baalshamin
The Temple of Baalshamin was an ancient sanctuary in Palmyra, Syria, dedicated to the Canaanite sky god Baalshamin, one of the city's two chief divinities, destroyed by ISIL in August 2015.