P. 280 (only with art)

Athens, Hephaisteion, west frieze with wedding of Peirithoos

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 C.H. Morgan, “The Sculptures of the Hephaisteion II. The Friezes,” Hesperia vol. 31.3, 1962, pls. 80-81

Perseus Art & Archaeology Artifact Browser (on design of temple; see also p. 281 on this site)

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West facade of Hephaisteion, with west frieze visible over columns of temple’s back porch, Wikimedia Commons

London, British Museum: interior frieze with wedding of Peirithoos, from temple of Apollo, Bassai

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Remains of pronaos (front porch) and interior cella, location of frieze; O.M. von Stackelberg, Der Apollotempel zu Bassae in Arcadien und die daselbst ausgegrabenen Bildwerke, 1826, pl. 3

Perseus Art & Archaeology Artifact Browser (design of temple)

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Plan of temple; O.M. Stackelberg, Der Apollotempel zu Bassae in Arcadien und die daselbst ausgegrabenen Bildwerke, 1826, pl. 4

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Reconstruction of cella showing where frieze was located

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Mike Peel’s photo of Bassai frieze at British Museum, Wikimedia Commons

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O.M. von Stackelberg, Der Apollotempel zu Bassae in Arcadien und die daselbst ausgegrabenen Bildwerke, 1826, pls. 19-29

Perseus Art & Archaeology Artifact Browser

London, British Museum

Edited by Frances Van Keuren, Prof. Emerita, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Univ. of Georgi, July 2016.

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