• Estimated floor plan of the original Temple of Ares with adjacent altar. The Temple of Ares was a Doric hexastyle peripteral temple dedicated to Ares...
  • One such was here in the Agora with both a Temple and its attendant Altar.
  • The tell-tale letters on its upper surface and its original finding place in the northwest part of the Agora indicate that it belongs to the temple of Ares.
  • ares the God of war The excavators also found pottery shards of that period below the floor of the temple and concluded that the ‘Temple of Ares’ must have...
  • View of the central Agora.From left to right: The Temple of Ares, the Odeion of Agrippa and the SW Temple.
  • The probable origin of the Ares temple architecture is the sanctuary of Athena Pallenis (at modern Stavro)...
  • Without a time machine, it’s not possible to see the full Temple of Ares Athens, though its ruins remain at the northern end of the Agora.
  • Temple of Ares and Aphrodite. In a flat area next to the modern settlement of Ellinika, between Agios Nikolaos and Elounda, at the borderline between the...
  • The temple probably came from the sanctuary of Athena Pallenis at modern Stavro, where foundations have been found but no temple remains are present.
  • The architecture of the Temple reflected the martial characteristics of Ares, often featuring imposing structures that symbolized power and strength.