The Temple of Apollo Patroos Dated by an Amphora Stamp

by Mark L. Lawall

Hesperia, Volume 78, Issue 3
Page(s): 387-403
Stable URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2972/hesp.78.3.387
Publication Date: 2009

Period: Hellenistic
Site: Athens: Agora

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ABSTRACT:The temple of Apollo Patroos in the Athenian Agora is often dated to ca. 330 B.C. A fragment of a Thasian amphora with a stamp bearing the eponym Πο?λυς was found in a pit closed no later than the period of the temple's construction. This stamp dates to ca. 313 B.C. The temple must therefore have been constructed in the very late 4th or very early 3rd century. Review of the textual and other archaeological evidence related to the temple and its vicinity clarifies the physical development of this cult site from ca. 375 to ca. 300 B.C.