• The Hekatompedon or Hekatompedos, also known as Ur-Parthenon and H–Architektur, was an ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis of Athens built from limestone...
  • Temple may have stood on earth podium as at the North Building. ... Other Bibliography: Kyrieleis 1981, 79-81. See Also: Samos, First Hekatompedon Temple.
  • Given that Mikon referred to his sketched temple as a Hekatompedon, it is probable that the decree’s use of the term Hekatompedon also applied to a temple.
  • The Hekatompedon or Hekatompedos (Ancient Greek: ἑκατόμπεδος, from ἑκατόν, "hundred", and πούς, "foot"), also known as Ur-Parthenon and...
  • Since Mikon called his drawing of a temple “the Hekatompedon”, it means the term in the decree also referred to a temple.
  • With this newly published graffito, it is almost certain that the Hekatompedon was a temple, one of several that predated the Parthenon by centuries.
  • Its name Hekatompedon, that is a building 100 feet long, is known from an inscription that refers to the spatial organisation of the Acropolis sanctuary.
  • E. P. Sioumpara, “A new Reconstruction of the “Hekatompedon-Temple” based on the Poros Scattered Architectural Members of Acropolis”, in: Ch.
  • Rather than being known as the Parthenon, the big temple should be known by its original ancient Greek name, the tongue-twisting Hekatompedon.
  • History: In same location as earlier hekatompedon temples. Built by Rhoikos and Theodoros. ... Samos, First Hekatompedon Temple.