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Treasury of the Sifnians

Object location38° 28′ 53.88″ N, 22° 30′ 05.51″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMapinfo

Treasury was built in Delphi, ca 525 BC, see Pausanias X,11,2.

The original sculptures are in collections of the Archaeological Museum of Delphi.

Building[edit]

Caryatides[edit]

Only the south caryatid

Eastern pediment[edit]

Heracles struggling with Apollo for tripod

Eastern friezes[edit]

Assembly of gods, Trojan War

Northern friezes[edit]

Gigantomachy

Southern and western friezes[edit]

Another sculptor, probably of the Ionian origin

Other[edit]


To main page: Archaeological Museum of Delphi #From_the_Treasury_of_the_Siphnians

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To main page: Sifnos all

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