Anderson [Andie]

Ten Year Old Me:

poseidon:

Temple C (Temple of Apollo)

Selinus, Sicily, Magna Graecia, Italy

6th century BCE

Doric order

Another post of Magna Graecia! Interesting to see this architecture developing next to, influenced by, and branching out of the now-forming strict Greek architecture.

It was one of the most ancient of the temples at Selinus, having probably been built on the acropolis a little after the middle of the sixth century BCE. Temple C was probably used as an archive (hundreds of seals have been recovered from it) and was dedicated to Apollo.

he building has a peristyle colonnade around the naos (peripteros) with six columns at the front (hexastyle) and seventeen on its long sides, leading to a very elongated floorplan, far from the canonical 1:2 proportion, but paralleled by some other archaic temples, such as the Temple of Hera at Olympia. A flight of eight steps takes up the whole of the front side, with the rest of the crepidoma has four steps as at the temple in Corinth, following a rule which remains constant in Sicily.

(two) when his sister introduces him accept your fate watch him and recognize the slaughter waiting behind his eyes he’s part divine be ready to bleed

(three) they call you the hero so do what a hero does do great deeds don’t forget to smile save the helpless slay monsters you were never good enough for anything else

(four) when he kisses you ravish him greedily his mouth is your church and he is your divine creature ask for mercy ask for love pray

(five) when he touches you don’t doom him for the black of his hands or the blood of the ones that came before kiss it off swallow cry

(six) let him choke you with the red thread around your neck let him choke you with something called love

(seven) if they call him a monster accept it don’t try to make him a saint don’t try to make him a lover a monster cannot love remember that

(eight) you cannot change a monster’s nature you cannot change a monster’s past he will betray you be prepared

(nine) when the time comes kill him take your sword and cut him down put a bullet through his head do anything you have to to stop him

(ten) don’t mourn remember you’re the hero of this story he was the monster you were never meant to love him anyway