Temple Building at Segesta
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9665010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Burford (Newham College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1961 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 87-93 |
| Publication date | 1961-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800008417 |
| OpenAlex | W2170655279 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 1 |
The hollow peristasis at Segesta presents two interrelated problems. The question of how Greek temples were constructed, and whether the method generally used was applied to the structure at Segesta, depends to some extent for its answer upon the Segestans' motives for building. And the problem of motive is affected by considerations of architectural method. Neither problem appears to have been fully discussed in the light of the other. The result is that at the moment the prevailing views of either problem stand quite unconnected. Thus while many scholars accept the structure as the sole surviving member of a projected scheme to build a complete temple, the theory is now widely held that it was meant to serve merely as a hellenizing decorative element round an Elymian shrine or open-air altar, and so, that the Segestans' interest in Greek temple-architecture was purely superficial
Aesthetics · Altar · Ancient history · Architectural engineering · Art · Art history · Classical mechanics · Element (criminal law · Epistemology · Moment (physics · Physics · Political science · Temple · Visual arts · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Architecture · Classical Antiquity Studies · Engineering · Historical and Architectural Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
The Archidamian War
Sicily, 478-431 b.c.
Panhellenic Cults and Panhellenic Poets
Athenian Religion and Literature
The Athenian revolution
The Thirty Years' Peace
Sources, chronology, method
Athenian Cults and Festivals
Society and Economy
The Delian League to 449 b. c.
The Spartan Resurgence
Rebuilding in Athens and Attica
Mainland Greece, 479–451 b. c.
Athens as a Cultural Centre
Art
Classical Cities and Sanctuaries
Greece after the Persian Wars
The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition
The Cambridge Ancient History
Archaeology and Ethnicity. Untangling Identities in Western Greece
Technical Observations on the Sculptures from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Quarrying Activity in the Sanctuary of Dodona
Feeding the Community
| Citations per year | 0.68 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1992 - 2022 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |