This elegant little building, located in an ancient sanctuary, boasted sculptures depicting the Trojan War, a fight between Apollo and Heracles for a certain treasure, and a Gigantomachy -- a battle between the Gods and the Giants. What is this structure, where is it located, when was it built, and why?

griffinj

As this has sat here this long, I will hazard a guess at the Great Altar of Zeus (formerly) at Pergamon. It was built between 197 and 156 b.c.e. according to this site http://www.prophecynet.com/showthread.php?t=117&goto=nextoldest. My other references give slightly different dates. While it was located in the sanctuary at Pergamon, it's now in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The altar is most certainly elegant, but, at 371 feet, could only be considered small in relation to some Roman amphitheatres or the temples of Zeus at Olympia and Diana at Ephesus. The reasons for its erection don’t seem to be totally clear-cut, but include commemorating the Trojan wars and legitimization of the ruling house. Apollo and Heracles are not exactly fighting over a treasure, but ganging up to kill the giant Ephialtes, who could only be killed when a god and human struck in tandem. http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/ZeusAltarE.htm Jul 04 05, 2:26 AM

lanfranco

Not a bad guess, griff, but not what I had in mind. The altar is most interesting but far too large. Consider another, quite famous sanctuary. Jul 04 05, 8:37 AM

foregone

The Delphi, in Delphi, Greece, museum houses what has survived from the Sanctuary of Apollo, which can still be seen a short while from the site of the museum itself. It was originally built in 1903, Tournaire being the architect. This was expanded into a larger building in 1938. This museum was built to house the artifacts from the excavation site at Delphi. It includes a frieze of Gigantomachy, Heracles attempting to take the tripod from Apollo and Artemis (which formed part of the Syphian treasury and scenes from the Trojan War. http://www.greece-museums.com/museum/8/ http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum/guidearchaic.html See some photos here: http://www.scholarsresource.com/browse/museum/113 Apr 21 07, 4:52 AM

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