#bassae

THE PORTRAIT OF AN AMAZON [V.] Detail of the Bassae Frieze, a multifigure continuous Amazonomachy scene carved in marble and preserved in the British Museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassae_Frieze From the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae, Messenia, Greece. '..a rare example of an almost complete architectural frieze from the ancient Greek world.. The frieze ran around the interior of the Temple..' [Txt ©BM]. Discovered in 1811-12, Consists of 23 slabs, 420-400 BC.

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BM | Michael Svetbird Ph ©MSP | 19|08|24 5750X4300 600 [Detail V.] The object photographed is part of the BM collection [Non-commercial fair use | No AI training | Author's rights apply | Sorry for the watermarks]

📸 Part of the "Reliefs-Friezes-Slabs-Sculpture" MSP Online Photo-gallery:

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Bassae Frieze - Apollo and Artemis

Temple of Apollo at Bassae

420-400 BCE

British Museum

Despite not sharing the renown of Greece’s most popular archaeological sites, the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae in the Peloponnese is a site of great significance and among the best-preserved monuments from the Classical period. Its construction is placed in the late 5th century BC, and it was reputedly designed by Ictinus, co-architect (together with Callicrates) of the iconic Parthenon in Athens. In 1986, it became the first Greek site to be inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

The site of Bassae