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South frieze of Temple of Apollo at Bassal near Phigalia, Greece – Antique Print

South frieze of Temple of Apollo at Bassal near Phigalia, Greece, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
South frieze of Temple of Apollo at Bassal near Phigalia, Greece, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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South frieze of Temple of Apollo at Bassal near Phigalia, Greece

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The temple at Bassae stands on a remote mountainside near Phigalia in Arcadia, in the southwestern Peloponnese, and it was dedicated to Apollo Epikourios. Its architect is traditionally identified as Ictinus, who also worked on the Parthenon. Unlike most Greek temples, Bassae had a continuous sculpted frieze inside its cella, showing battles between Lapiths and Centaurs and other scenes, and much of that carving was removed in the early 1800s and is now in the British Museum. The caption card gives no date for this print, but its subject is a monument whose remaining sculpture has long drawn scholars and travelers to this site.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Architecture.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 919 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157132

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