Historical place profile
Artemis Tauropolos temple
Near Artemida/Loutsa in modern Attiki, the archaeological remains of a temple in the Doric order were first identified in 1956. Excavators identified the sanctuary as belonging to Artemis Tauropolos. The compilers of the Barrington Atlas, in keeping with the discussion offered in PECS by C.W.J. Eliot, associate the temple site with the deme of Halai Araphenides.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:579878
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:579878
- Place type
- sanctuary, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.979751, 24.008912
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Near Artemida/Loutsa in modern Attiki, the archaeological remains of a temple in the Doric order were first identified in 1956. Excavators identified the sanctuary as belonging to Artemis Tauropolos. The compilers of the Barrington Atlas, in keeping with the discussion offered in PECS by C.W.J. Eliot, associate the temple site with the deme of Halai Araphenides.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 D3 Artemis, T.
Source and reuse
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Research path
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