Athenian Treasury

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The Athenian Treasury is a small, temple-like marble building at Delphi, dedicated by Athens to commemorate military victories and house lavish offerings to the god Apollo.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Athenian Treasury at Delphi 0 3
Delphi Athenian Treasury 0 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek building
treasury building
votive monument
approximateDate early 5th century BCE
archaeologicalSiteCode Athenian Treasury self-linksurface differs
surface form: Delphi Athenian Treasury
architecturalStyle Doric order
associatedWithEvent Battle of Marathon
belongsTo polis of Athens
surface form: Athenian polis
builtBy Athens
commemorates Athenian victory over the Persians
culturalContext Classical Athens
currentCondition partially preserved
dedicatedBy Athenians
dedicatedTo Apollo
function commemoration of military victories
treasury for offerings
hasDecoration metopes
mythological scenes
scenes of Herakles
scenes of Theseus
sculpted reliefs
hasFeature orthostate marble walls
pedimental sculptures
steps leading to pronaos
hasPart cella
pronaos
two-column in antis façade
hasPlanType distyle in antis
hasReconstruction modern anastylosis at Delphi
inscriptionMentions Marathonian victory dedication
locatedIn Delphi
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
locatedInCountry Greece
managedBy Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece
surface form: Greek Archaeological Service
materialUsed Parian marble
marble
partOf Delphi archaeological site
period Archaic Greece
religiousContext Apollo cult
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
surface form: Delphic sanctuary
roofType gabled roof
symbolizes Athenian military power
Athenian piety
Athenian wealth
UNESCOStatus within UNESCO World Heritage Site of Delphi
usedFor displaying Athenian dedications
housing votive offerings

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Athenian Treasury archaeologicalSiteCode Athenian Treasury self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Delphi Athenian Treasury
Sacred Way hasNotableStructure Athenian Treasury
subject surface form: Sacred Way (Delphi)
Delphi archaeological site hasPart Athenian Treasury
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi hasPart Athenian Treasury
this entity surface form: Athenian Treasury at Delphi
Roman Agora of Delphi locatedNear Athenian Treasury
this entity surface form: Athenian Treasury at Delphi
Sibyl Rock near Athenian Treasury
this entity surface form: Athenian Treasury at Delphi
Sacred Way at Delphi passesBy Athenian Treasury