Aegina – pedimental sculpture
slide Aegina – pedimental sculpture
Located on a pine – clad hill and commands a splendid view of the Saronic Gulf — Bay of Ayia Marina
Erected 510-490 B.C.
On site of two earlier temples
Geometric period structure — perhaps apsidal
Archaic temple
Tetrastyle in antis
Shallow porches
Exterior triglyphs — blue
Interior triglyphs — black
f. Altar in front of East side
Has been called the most perfectly developed of the late Archaic temples in European Hellas
History
Sanctuary may have been site of continuous religious activity from at least Mycenaean times
Deity — Aphia (Aphaea)
Seem to have been a variant of a Mother Goddess from Crete, Britomartis
Daughter of Zeus and Carme
Devoted to hunt — a favorite of Artemis
' in order to escape from the attentions of Minos, who had fallen in love with her, she cast herself into the sea and was caught up in the nets of some fishermen. When one of the fishermen became enamoured of the beautiful girl, she once more plunged into the sea; this time she emerged at Aegina, where she was rendered invisible in a grove. — Aphaea concealed herself in a cave, which is actually situated in the NE corner of the peribolus of the Archaic sanctuary…