Metroon
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Metroon (metrôon) was the name given to a building dedicated to the mother goddess, Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter, in Ancient Greece. It was in Ancient Greece, and Zeus came here as well.
Agora, Athens [edit]
The Metroon in the Ancient Agora of Athens was originally used as the meeting chamber of the boule or city council. At the end of the 5th century BCE, when a new Bouleuterion was built, the building was dedicated to the mother goddess. The Metroon also housed the official archives of the city.[1]
Olympia [edit]
Part of the complex of Olympia, and sited immediately below the terrace which houses the Treasuries, is the late 4th/early 3rd century Metroon.[2]
References [edit]
- ^ The Metrôon (Old Bouleuterion) at Athenian Daily Life, Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
- ^ Olympía - Metroon
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