CIRCE

Sanctuary of Apollo?

Author of the notice : A. Mazarakis Ainian

Location

Place : Ay. Anna hill, Paroikia

: Paros

: Paros isl.

Notice linked to toponyme Paros, Minoa

Description

GENERAL

Scanty remains of a temple of Apollo, are preserved on a terrace above the hellenistic Asklepieion upon the small hill of Agia Anna southwest of the town of Paros (Paroikia), in close distance to the sea.

MONUMENTS

Parts of two walls of a perivolos were uncovered while architectural members of a temple were found scattered at the site (Doric capital, parts of triglyphs, the cornice, coffers and one cymatium).

FINDS

Clay vessels

Inscriptions (IG XII.5, 147-153)

Marble kouros

CHRONOLOGY

The architectural members, found scattered in the area of the second terrace, belong to a temple of the 4th c. The inscriptions date from the 6^th to the 4th c. and the kouros to the 6th c. The discovered geometric and archaic sherds suggest that the activity at the site dates back to the 8th-7th c.

IDENTIFICATION

According to the inscriptions, and the kouros discovered in the area, the divinity worshipped on the second hill terrace was Apollo. The identification of the sanctuary with the Pythion, the existence of which is only attested by an inscription (IG XII.5, 110), is not certain.

RECORDS

Excavation Date: 1897-1899

Institution/Excavator:German Archaeological Institute/Rubenschon O., University of Munich/Schuller M.

Excavation Type: Survey

REFERENCES

Primary Publications:

Rubenschon O. 1902. Paros III, AM 1902: 189-238, pl. IX à XI
Schuller M. 1982. Der dorische Tempel des Apollon Pythios auf Paros, AA 1982 : 245-264, fig. 9-11

Secondary Publications:

Berranger D. 1992. Recherches sur l’histoire et la prosopographie de Paros à l’époque archaïque, Clermont Ferrand, Ed. de l’Université Blaise-Pascal, 97-103, 241
Mazarakis Ainian, A., 1997. From Rulers’ Dwellings to Temples. Architecture, Religion and Society in Early Iron Age Greece (1100-700 B.C.), Jonsered (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 122), 329
Mermoz J. 2010. La vie religieuse des Cyclades de l’HR IIIC à la fin de la période archaïque, Lyon, PhD Thesis, 111-112
Richter G. 1942. Kouroi. Archaic Greek Youths. A Study of the Development of the Kouros Type in Greek Sculpture, London, 180, n° 100

<h3><span style="color: #000080;">GENERAL</span></h3>
<p>Scanty remains of a temple of Apollo, are preserved on a terrace above the hellenistic Asklepieion upon the small hill of Agia Anna southwest of the town of Paros (Paroikia), in close distance to the sea.</p>
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<p> </p>
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">MONUMENTS</span></h3>
<p>Parts of two walls of a perivolos were uncovered while architectural members of a temple were found scattered at the site (Doric capital, parts of triglyphs, the cornice, coffers and one cymatium).</p>
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<p> </p>
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">FINDS</span></h3>
<p>Clay vessels</p>
<p>Inscriptions (IG XII.5, 147-153)</p>
<p>Marble kouros</p>
<hr />
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">CHRONOLOGY</span></h3>
<p>The architectural members, found scattered in the area of the second terrace, belong to a temple of the 4th c. The inscriptions date from the 6<sup>th</sup> to the 4th c. and the kouros to the 6th c. The discovered geometric and archaic sherds suggest that the activity at the site dates back to the 8th-7th c.</p>
<hr />
<p> </p>
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">IDENTIFICATION</span></h3>
<p>According to the inscriptions, and the kouros discovered in the area, the divinity worshipped on the second hill terrace was Apollo. The identification of the sanctuary with the Pythion, the existence of which is only attested by an inscription (IG XII.5, 110), is not certain.</p>
<hr />
<p> </p>
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">RECORDS</span></h3>
<h4><span style="color: #000000;">Excavation Date: </span>1897-1899</h4>
<p><strong>Institution/Excavator:</strong>German Archaeological Institute/Rubenschon O., University of Munich/Schuller M.</p>
<p><strong>Excavation Type: </strong>Survey</p>
<hr />
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">REFERENCES</span></h3>
<h4><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Primary Pub</strong></span><strong><span style="color: #000080;">lications:</span> </strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>Rubenschon O. 1902. Paros III, <em>AM</em> 1902: 189-238, pl. IX à XI</li>
<li>Schuller M. 1982. Der dorische Tempel des Apollon Pythios auf Paros, <em>AA</em> 1982 : 245-264, fig. 9-11</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Secondary Publications:</span> </strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>Berranger D. 1992. <em>Recherches sur l’histoire et la prosopographie de Paros à l’époque archaïque</em>, Clermont Ferrand, Ed. de l’Université Blaise-Pascal, 97-103, 241</li>
<li>Mazarakis Ainian, A., 1997. <em>From Rulers’ Dwellings to Temples. Architecture, Religion and Society in Early Iron Age Greece (1100-700 B.C.)</em>, Jonsered (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 122), 329</li>
<li>Mermoz J. 2010. <em>La vie religieuse des Cyclades de l’HR IIIC à la fin de la période archaïque</em>, Lyon, PhD Thesis, 111-112</li>
<li>Richter G. 1942. <em>Kouroi. Archaic Greek Youths. A Study of the Development of the Kouros Type in Greek Sculpture</em>, London, 180, n° 100</li>
</ul>

Fig. 1: Topographical plan of Paros

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