CLST 404 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Greco-Persian Wars, Iranian Architecture, Antis
2 Mar 2018
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Temple to hephaistos the greek god of metalworking. Cult may have been brought from island of lemnos when it was incorporated by athens. Not part of the periclean building program. 449 415 bce = construction on the temple: pottery and ostraca found in the area help scholars to date. 445 440 = the western frieze is completed. 7th c. ad temple was converted into a christian church. Athens on the kolonos agoraios (hill) west of the agora. It was on this hill where bronze-working pits and foundry refuse have been found: they indicate this location was a workplace for artisans in the 5th c. bce. This discovery lead scholars to believe this was a temple to hephaistos: symbolic meaning thus both practitioners and their patron deity shared this ground . Temples of hephaistos and ares, both in athenian agora are closely connected because of their similar features: also connected by a study done by professor homer thoson in 49.
