Corner view of the Temple of Hephaestus peristyle

Agora Museum, Athens, Greece

An oblique view of the Temple of Hephaestus displaying both the eastern entrance with six frontal columns and the northern side colonnade extending along the crepidoma. The Doric columns with vertical fluting support an entablature decorated with triglyphs, metopes with sculptural reliefs, and a projecting cornice, all rising from the three-stepped marble platform.


The Temple of Hephaestus showing the eastern and northern facades with hexastyle front and peripteral colonnade on stepped platform
Genre:  449-415 BC

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Temple of Hephaestus in the Ancient Agora of Athens


Material: Pentelic marble and Parian marble (sculptural decoration)Date range: 449-415 BC...

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