Frieze, Temple of Hephaestus, Agora, Athens, Greece

Sculpted frieze from the rear facade of the Temple of Hephaestus, or Hephaisteion, an ancient Greek Doric temple built 449-415 BC, on the northwest side of the Ancient Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill, in Athens, Greece. From the 7th century AD until 1834, it was used as the Greek Orthodox church of Saint George Akamates. The Agora of Athens is a large area built 6th century BC in the Classical Greek period, used as a commercial, assembly, or residential gathering place. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom and United States Of America

1834 Agora Attica Doric Frieze Hephaestus Hephaisteion Hephaistos Northwest Orthodox Pediment Sculpted

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > COH