Grèce découverte du temple de Poseidon au cap Sounion (Greece temple of Poseidon cape Sounion )

le temple de Poséidon au cap Sounion est situé a 45km d'Athénes,il surplombe la mer de 60 m, les colonnes ont 16 cannelures au lieu de 20 pour résister a l'action de l'air marin ( english ) Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion is situated 45km from Athens, overlooking the sea, 60 m, the columns have 16 flutes instead of 20 to resist the action of sea air 岬スニオンでポセイドン神殿、海、60メートルを見下ろす、アテネから45キロに位置しています、列は16 flutesの代わりに20の海の空気のアクションをレジストをする必要があります

Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Greece

In a maritime country like Greece, the god of the sea was bound to occupy a high position in the divine hierarchy. In power, Poseidon was considered second only to Zeus (Jupiter), the supreme god himself. His implacable wrath, manifested in the form of storms, was greatly feared by all mariners. In an age without mechanical power, storms very frequently resulted in shipwrecks and drownings. The temple at Sounion, therefore, was a venue where mariners, and also entire cities or states, could propitiate Poseidon, by making animal sacrifice, or leaving gifts. The temple of Poseidon was constructed in approx. 440 BC, over the ruins of a temple dating from the Archaic Period. It is perched above the sea at a height of almost 60 m. The design of the temple is a typical hexastyle ie it had a front portico with 6 columns. Only some columns of the Sounion temple stand today, but intact it would have closely resembled the contemporary and well-preserved Temple of Hephaestus beneath the Acropolis, which may have been designed by the same architect. As with all Greek temples, the Poseidon building was rectangular, with a colonnade on all four sides. The total number of original columns was 42: 16 columns still stand today. The columns are of the Doric Order. They were made of locally-quarried white marble. They were 6.10 m (20 ft) high, with a diameter of 1 m (3.1 ft) at the base and 79 cm (31 inches) at the top. At the centre of the temple colonnade would have been the hall of ...