Temple of Apollo at Didyma

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Temple_of_Apollo_at_Didyma
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ruins
gptkbp:altarLocation outside temple
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Daphnis_of_Miletus
gptkb:Paeonius_of_Ephesus
gptkbp:associatedMyth gptkb:Apollo_and_the_Branchidae
gptkbp:associatedSanctuary gptkb:Sacred_Way
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Branchidae_priests
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Greeks
gptkbp:columnHeight 19.7 meters
gptkbp:constructionStartYear circa 8th century BCE
gptkbp:country gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Apollo
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Persians
gptkbp:distanceFromMiletus about 16 km
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Theodor_Wiegand
1905
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Oracle
colossal columns
gptkbp:function religious
oracle consultation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Temple of Apollo at Didyma
gptkbp:influenced later Greek temples
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Temple_of_Artemis_at_Ephesus
gptkbp:length 109 meters
gptkbp:location gptkb:Didyma
gptkbp:material marble
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Didim
gptkbp:notableEvent destruction by Persians in 494 BCE
oracle revived by Alexander the Great
reconstruction in Hellenistic period
gptkbp:notableFeature open-air cella
oracle spring
gptkbp:notableFor Medusa head
gptkbp:numberOfColumns 122
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Didyma_sanctuary
gptkbp:period Hellenistic
gptkbp:region gptkb:Ionia
gptkbp:restored circa 4th century BCE
gptkbp:sacredSpring present
gptkbp:status ruins
ruined
gptkbp:style gptkb:Ionic
gptkbp:touristAttraction yes
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkbp:width 51 meters
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Branchidae_priests
gptkb:oracle_of_Apollo
gptkb:Oracle_of_Didyma
gptkb:Temple_of_Apollo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6