Selinunte, March 2005

Selinunte is an ancient Greek archaeological site in the south province of Trapani, in the island of Sicily. Selinunte is the modern Italian name for the ancient Selinus. The archaeological site contains five temples centered on an acropolis. Of the five temples, only temple E, the so-called "Temple of Hera" has been re-erected. According to the Athenian historian Thucydides, Selinus was founded by people from Megara Hyblaea, a city on the east coast of Sicily, in the 7th century BC. The city had a very short life (about 200 years). During this time its population grew to a total of about 25,000. A wealthy trade center, Selinus was envied by the Carthaginians. Selinus had an almost permanent conflict with Segesta, which allied itself with Athens. However, the Athenians were defeated by the Syracusans, and Segesta now asked help from Carthage. Diodorus Siculus tells that the Carthaginian commander Hannibal (not to be confused with his more famous namesake), in 409 BC destroyed Selinus after a war that counted about 16,000 deaths and 5,000 prisoners. The city was besieged for nine days by an army of 100,000 Carthaginians. Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selinunte

Site: Selinus Type: Temple Summary: The southernmost of the east group of temples at Selinus, this is a Doric temple probably dedicated to Hera. Date: ca. 490 B.C. - 470 B.C. Period: Early Classical Plan: This is hexastyle peripteral with 15 columns to the side, probably set within a temenos, as suggested by a recently discovered wall. Its plan comprises pronaos, cella, adyton, and opisthodomos in antis. History: Four of the metopes were discovered in 1831. Toppled by an earthquake, its colonnades were recontructed in 1958. Dimensions: 68.72 x 25.33 Other Notes: In the adyton stands the base for the cult statue of the patron deity, probably Hera. The pronaos frieze carried sculptural metopes, four of which are in the Palermo Museum. Text from Perseus: www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999... , Temple E

Site: Selinus Type: Temple Summary: The southernmost of the east group of temples at Selinus, this is a Doric temple probably dedicated to Hera. Date: ca. 490 B.C. - 470 B.C. Period: Early Classical Plan: This is hexastyle peripteral with 15 columns to the side, probably set within a temenos, as suggested by a recently discovered wall. Its plan comprises pronaos, cella, adyton, and opisthodomos in antis. History: Four of the metopes were discovered in 1831. Toppled by an earthquake, its colonnades were recontructed in 1958. Dimensions: 68.72 x 25.33 Other Notes: In the adyton stands the base for the cult statue of the patron deity, probably Hera. The pronaos frieze carried sculptural metopes, four of which are in the Palermo Museum. Text from Perseus: www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999... , Temple E

Site: Selinus Type: Temple Summary: The southernmost of the east group of temples at Selinus, this is a Doric temple probably dedicated to Hera. Date: ca. 490 B.C. - 470 B.C. Period: Early Classical Plan: This is hexastyle peripteral with 15 columns to the side, probably set within a temenos, as suggested by a recently discovered wall. Its plan comprises pronaos, cella, adyton, and opisthodomos in antis. History: Four of the metopes were discovered in 1831. Toppled by an earthquake, its colonnades were recontructed in 1958. Dimensions: 68.72 x 25.33 Other Notes: In the adyton stands the base for the cult statue of the patron deity, probably Hera. The pronaos frieze carried sculptural metopes, four of which are in the Palermo Museum. Text from Perseus: www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999... , Temple E

Site: Selinus Type: Temple Summary: The southernmost of the east group of temples at Selinus, this is a Doric temple probably dedicated to Hera. Date: ca. 490 B.C. - 470 B.C. Period: Early Classical Plan: This is hexastyle peripteral with 15 columns to the side, probably set within a temenos, as suggested by a recently discovered wall. Its plan comprises pronaos, cella, adyton, and opisthodomos in antis. History: Four of the metopes were discovered in 1831. Toppled by an earthquake, its colonnades were recontructed in 1958. Dimensions: 68.72 x 25.33 Other Notes: In the adyton stands the base for the cult statue of the patron deity, probably Hera. The pronaos frieze carried sculptural metopes, four of which are in the Palermo Museum. Text from Perseus: www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999... , Temple E

Site: Selinus Type: Temple Summary: The southernmost of the east group of temples at Selinus, this is a Doric temple probably dedicated to Hera. Date: ca. 490 B.C. - 470 B.C. Period: Early Classical Plan: This is hexastyle peripteral with 15 columns to the side, probably set within a temenos, as suggested by a recently discovered wall. Its plan comprises pronaos, cella, adyton, and opisthodomos in antis. History: Four of the metopes were discovered in 1831. Toppled by an earthquake, its colonnades were recontructed in 1958. Dimensions: 68.72 x 25.33 Other Notes: In the adyton stands the base for the cult statue of the patron deity, probably Hera. The pronaos frieze carried sculptural metopes, four of which are in the Palermo Museum. Text from Perseus: www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999... , Temple E

Site: Selinus Type: Temple Summary: The southernmost of the east group of temples at Selinus, this is a Doric temple probably dedicated to Hera. Date: ca. 490 B.C. - 470 B.C. Period: Early Classical Plan: This is hexastyle peripteral with 15 columns to the side, probably set within a temenos, as suggested by a recently discovered wall. Its plan comprises pronaos, cella, adyton, and opisthodomos in antis. History: Four of the metopes were discovered in 1831. Toppled by an earthquake, its colonnades were recontructed in 1958. Dimensions: 68.72 x 25.33 Other Notes: In the adyton stands the base for the cult statue of the patron deity, probably Hera. The pronaos frieze carried sculptural metopes, four of which are in the Palermo Museum. Text from Perseus: www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999... , Temple E

Site: Selinus Type: Temple Summary: The southernmost of the east group of temples at Selinus, this is a Doric temple probably dedicated to Hera. Date: ca. 490 B.C. - 470 B.C. Period: Early Classical Plan: This is hexastyle peripteral with 15 columns to the side, probably set within a temenos, as suggested by a recently discovered wall. Its plan comprises pronaos, cella, adyton, and opisthodomos in antis. History: Four of the metopes were discovered in 1831. Toppled by an earthquake, its colonnades were recontructed in 1958. Dimensions: 68.72 x 25.33 Other Notes: In the adyton stands the base for the cult statue of the patron deity, probably Hera. The pronaos frieze carried sculptural metopes, four of which are in the Palermo Museum. Text from Perseus: www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999... , Temple E

Site: Selinus Type: Temple Summary: The southernmost of the east group of temples at Selinus, this is a Doric temple probably dedicated to Hera. Date: ca. 490 B.C. - 470 B.C. Period: Early Classical Plan: This is hexastyle peripteral with 15 columns to the side, probably set within a temenos, as suggested by a recently discovered wall. Its plan comprises pronaos, cella, adyton, and opisthodomos in antis. History: Four of the metopes were discovered in 1831. Toppled by an earthquake, its colonnades were recontructed in 1958. Dimensions: 68.72 x 25.33 Other Notes: In the adyton stands the base for the cult statue of the patron deity, probably Hera. The pronaos frieze carried sculptural metopes, four of which are in the Palermo Museum. Text from Perseus: www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999... , Temple E