Apollo and the Virgin

The ruins of an ancient Greek temple on a Cycladic island form part of an Orthodox Christian shrine. To local people and returning migrants, the site is that of their patron saint; its pre‐Christian past is irrelevant except in so far as it establishes their specific link with the ancient world, and thus with national claims of unbroken continuity between modern and ancient Greece. To early travellers and antiquarians, and to today’s archaeologists, it has been primarily the ancient site which is of interest, while tourists are more concerned in finding “an unspoilt island”. A historical survey of information about the ancient and the Christian site reveals ambiguities and confusions about both. These multiple meanings for locals and scholars are discussed

Ancient city · Ancient Greek · Ancient history · Apollo · Archaeology · Art history · Mount · SAINT · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Historical and Architectural Studies · History

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