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    Temple of Aphaia (Greek: Ναός Αφαίας) or Afea is an Ancient Greek temple located within a sanctuary complex dedicated to the goddess Aphaia on the island...
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    Aphaia (Greek: Ἀφαία, Aphaía) was a Greek goddess who was worshipped almost exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf...
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    feature, namely two tiers of columns atop each other, as did the temple of Aphaia on Aegina. The temple of Athena at Tegea shows another variation, where...
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    "Invisible Goddess", on the island was later subsumed by the cult of Athena. Aphaia (Ἀφαῖα) may be read as an attribute of Aegina that provides an epithet,...
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    Appleton-Century-Crofts. p. 227. K. Pilafidis-Williams, The Sanctuary of Aphaia on Aigina in the Bronze Age (Munich: Hirmer) 1998, describes the distinctive...
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    However the word may mean "from the island Aegina", that relates Artemis with Aphaia (Britomartis). Aetole, of Aetolia at Nafpaktos. A marble statue represented...
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    2307/2935950, JSTOR 2935950 Pilafidis-Williams, K. (1998), The Sanctuary of Aphaia on Aigina in the Bronze Age, Munich, Germany: Hirmer, ISBN 978-3-7774-8010-7...
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    the ancient theatre at Epidaurus and nearby asclepieion and the Temple of Aphaia on Aegina. The Saronic Gulf is one of congregating areas for short-beaked...
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    sphinx from the Acropolis Warrior from the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Glyptothek Munich Ancient Greek art Baekje smile A Brief History of the...
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    architect, c.500 BC Reconstruction drawing of the facade of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, including its pediment, unknown temple architect or illustrator...
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