Sekos

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As Sekos ( Greek  ὁ σηκός ) is called in Greek antiquity originally any kind of fenced grounds. As a result, the use of the term was reduced to the demarcated area of ​​a sanctuary, the Temenos . As a space for an image of a god, Sekos became synonymous with Cella or Naos . In particular, the term is used today for the courtyard-like cult room of a temple . The Sekos takes over the position and function of the cella in uncovered temples ( hypäthral temples ). Examples of Sekoi are the cult area of ​​the archaic Dipteros of Artemis of Ephesus and the Sekos in the temple of Apollo at Didyma near Miletus .

literature

  • Christoph Höcker : Sekos, Dipteros, Hypaethros - reflections on the monumentalization of the archaic sacred architecture of Ionia. In: Renate Rolle, Karin Schmidt (ed.): Archaeological studies in contact zones of the ancient world. Festschrift for Hans Georg Niemeyer (= publication of the Joachim Jungius Society of Sciences, Hamburg. No. 87). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, pp. 147-163.