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A Heraion /həˈrˌɒn/ or Heraeum /həˈrəm/ is a temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Hera

Notable temples include:

  • Heraion of Samos, the most important of the sanctuaries dedicated to Hera
  • Heraion of Argos, near Nafplion in Argolis
  • Heraion of Perachora (Hera Akraia and Hera Limenia), near Corinth
  • Temple of Hera (Olympia)
  • Heraion of Metapontum, usually known as the Tavole Palatine, in Magna Graecia
  • Heraion at the mouth of the Sele, Paestum, Magna Graecia
  • Second Temple of Hera (Paestum), Paestum, Magna Graecia
  • Heraion of Selinunte

Heraion may also refer to:

  • Heraion (Bithynia), an ancient Greek town in Bithynia, also known as Heraia
  • Heraion (Thrace), an ancient Greek city in Thrace, also known as Heraion Teichos
  • the sea-side village near the temple dedicated to Hera in Samos

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Heraion

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A Heraion /həˈreɪˌɒn/ or Heraeum /həˈriːəm/ is a temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Hera Notable temples include: Heraion of Samos, the most important...

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Heraion of Argos

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The Heraion of Argos (Greek: Ἡραῖον Ἄργους) is an ancient temple in Argos, Greece. It was part of the greatest sanctuary in the Argolid, dedicated to...

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Heraion of Samos

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The Heraion of Samos was a large sanctuary to the goddess Hera, on the island of Samos, Greece, 6 km southwest of the ancient city of Samos (modern Pythagoreion)...

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Hera

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The temples of Hera in the two main centers of her cult, the Heraion of Samos and the Heraion of Argos in the Argolis, were the very earliest monumental...

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Heraion of Perachora

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The Heraion of Perachora (Greek: Ηραίο Περαχώρας) is a sanctuary of the goddess Hera situated in a small cove of the Corinthian gulf at the end of the...

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Samos

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its vineyards and wine production. It is home to Pythagoreion and the Heraion of Samos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that includes the Eupalinian aqueduct...

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Heraion at Foce del Sele

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The Heraion at Foce del Sele (English "Heraion at the mouth of the River Sele") is an archaeological site consisting of an Ancient Greek sanctuary complex...

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Ancient drachma

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(387–312 BC) who was informed by the priests of Heraion that Pheidon, king of Argos, dedicated rod-shaped obeloi to Heraion. Similar information about Pheidon's...

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Kouros of Samos

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statue during a routine topographical excavation on the Sacred Way in the Heraion. The Kouros stands 5.25 meters tall and its body is mostly intact. Its...

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Hieria

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Hieria (in Greek variously Ἱερεῖα, Ἱερία, Ἡρία), also known as Heraeum or Heraion (Ἡραῖον), modern Fenerbahçe, was a town of ancient Bithynia and a suburb...

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Polycrates

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and anti-Spartan factions on the island, one faction associated with the Heraion and the other with the Artemision of Samos. Herodotus reports that Polycrates...

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Delos

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Anubis. The Temple of Hera, circa 500 BC, is a rebuilding of an earlier Heraion on the site. The House of Dionysus is a luxurious second-century private...

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Pythagoreion

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tunnel, the Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct. Along with the Heraion of Samos, the Pythagoreion was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site...

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Tunnel of Eupalinos

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the UNESCO World Heritage List along with the nearby Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos, and it was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering...

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Pythagoreio

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Pythagoreion, has designated a joint UNESCO World Heritage Site with nearby Heraion. The seat of the municipality was the town of Pythagorio, formerly known...

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Kanathos

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Kyrieleis, "The Heraion of Samos" Archived 2012-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, Scott J. Thompson, tr., from Kyrieleis' Führer Durch das Heraion von Samos ["Guide...

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List of World Heritage Sites in Greece

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Thessaloniki Olympia Mystras Delos H. Loukas Nea Moni Pythagoreion and Heraion Vergina Mycenae Patmos Tiryns Corfu Daphni Philippi Zagori The United Nations...

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Alcyoneus

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Heracles and Alcyoneus, metope from the first Heraion at Foce del Sele...

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Magna Graecia

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Temple of Juno Lacinia (Crotone), the Second Temple of Hera (Paestum), the Heraion at Foce del Sele, the Temple of Poseidon (Taranto), the Tavole Palatine...

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Ancient Greek temple

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century: the position of the naos "floated" within the peristasis. The Heraion of Olympia (c. 600 BCE) exemplifies the transition from wood to stone construction...

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Aegean Sea

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Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on Patmos, the Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos in Samos, the Nea Moni of Chios, the island of Delos, and the...

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Hieros gamos

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the classic instance is the wedding of Zeus and Hera celebrated at the Heraion of Samos, along with its architectural and cultural predecessors. Some...

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Hazael horse frontlet

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The Hazael horse frontlet is a bronze horse frontlet discovered at the Heraion of Samos, inscribed in Phoenician characters for Hazael (proposed by scholars...

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Gorgons

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decapitated by Perseus aided by Athena; fragment of ivory relief plaque from the Heraion of Samos Archaeological Museum of Samos E 1 (sixth century BC) Fig. 9....

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Cybele

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hexastyle temple, the third to be built on the site after the archaic Heraion and the mid-fifth century Temple of Zeus. In the Roman period it was used...

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