Heraion

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Heraion (disambiguation) .

Pillar of Heraion on Samos

A Heraion ( ancient Greek Ἥραιον ) was in ancient Greece one of the goddess Hera consecrated temple or her consecrated sanctuary .

Some Heraia were:

• the Heraion of Argos (8th / 7th centuries BC)
• the Heraion of Olympia (7th century BC)
• the Heraion of Samos (7th century BC)
• the Heraion of Paestum (5th century BC)
• the Heraion of Agrigento (5th century BC)
• the Heraion of Pergamon (2nd century BC)
• the Hera sanctuary of Lakinion , today's Capo Colonna , near Kroton
• the Heraion of Perachora near Corinth
• the Heraion of Mycenae
• the Foce del Sele ( mouth of the Sele River ), a Heraion at the mouth of the Sele River north of Paestum

literature

• Ludwig Bürchner : Heraion 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 1, Stuttgart 1912, column 419 ( digitized version ).

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