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LINDOS ACROPOLIS
According to myth, the cult of Athena Lindia was pre-Hellenic, although this is not borne out by the sporadic excavation finds. The history of the sanctuary begins in the Geometric period (9th c. BC). In the Archaoc period the tyrant of Lindos, Kleoboulos, revived the cult and built a temple, probably on the site of an earlier one. The Archaic temple had the same Doric tetrastyle amphiprostyle plan as the subsequent one. The sanctuary was approached by a rough flight of steps. After it was burnt down in 342 BC, the present temple was built with the propylaea and the monumental staircase. The Hellenistic stoa is later. In the 3rd c. BC the cult of Zeus Polieus was introduced, although Athena remained the principal deity of the sanctuary. In the Roman period the priest Aglochartos planted olive trees on the spot, and according to an inscription the Sanctuary of Psithyros was built close to the Temple of Athena (2nd c. AD).

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ABOUT LINDOS ACROPOLIS
THE DORIC TEMPLE OF ATHINA LINDIA
HELLENIST STOA
RELIEF OF A DORIAN SHIP
HELLENISTIC STAIRCASE
PROPYLAEA OF THE SANTTUARY
REMAINS OF A ROMAIN TEMPLE
SEMIRCICULAR INCRIBED DAIS OF ROSSO ANTICO
HELLENISTIC WALL
THE BYZANTINE CASTLE
MEDIEVAL STAIRCASE TO THE GOVERNORS PALACE
EXCAVATIONS BY CARLSBERG INSTITUDE
RESTRORATION ON THE LINDOS ACROPOLIS
LINDOS ACROPOLIS
HELLENISTIC WALL


LINDOS ACROPOLIS PHOTOS

SEA VIEW - The sea view from inside the castle in the Acropolis of Lindos, Rhodes FORTIFICATION - Fortification in Lindos Acropolis LINDOS ACROPOLIS - Tourists taking pictures in Lindos Acropolis

LINDOS ACROPOLIS - Hellenistic stoa with lateral projecting wings with tetrastyle facades (end of 3rd c. BC). The stoa is 87 m long and consists of 42 columns in all. The wall of the stoa was not all one, but wasinterrupred in the middle for a space of ten columns. THE WALL - The wall of Lindos Acropolis DONKEY - One of the donkeys climbing up to Lindos Acropolis

 HELLENISTIC STOA - LINDOS ACROPOLIS - View of the Acropolis from below COLOUMNS -

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LINDOS ACROPOLIS - LINDOS ACROPOLIS - WALKING OR RIDING - In order to climb to Lindos Acropolis you can choose between walking and taking a ride with a donkey

ARCHAIC STAIRCASE - ANCIENT THEATER - The ancient theater in Lindos Acropolis BYZANTINE CHURCH -

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LINDOS ACROPOLIS - Hellenistic staircase leading to the main archaeological area of the Acropolis. Beside the medieval staircase are remains of the Governor's Palace.



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