The Date of the Athenian Stoa at Delphi

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ID4535693
AuthorsJohn V Walsh (corresponding author), John Walsh (0000-0002-2510-8734)
Year1986
Volume90
Issue3
Pages319-336
Publication date1986-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/505690
OpenAlexW2317299016
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited2

This article attempts to show that the Athenian Stoa at Delphi was not built to display spoils taken in a conflict with Persia, and that the time for construction most consonant with the literary, epigraphical, and archaeological evidence is the aftermath of the First Peloponnesian War. In the first section it is argued that the lexicography of the stoa's inscription points to the conclusion that the dedications were taken from Greeks, not Persians. The second section seeks to demonstrate that the inscription's letter forms allow a date from the end of the sixth century at least down to the middle of the fifth. There follows a review of Athens' conflicts with Greek cities in this period from which it is concluded that the stoa was built in the 450s to display dedications taken by Athens from Greek adversaries. The study ends with some observations on the significance of the use of the Ionic order, and its appropriateness in a building intended to commemorate the First Peloponnesian War

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Delphi · Georgian · Greeks · Linguistics · Literature · Period (music · Section (typography · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · History · Philosophy

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