Propylaea - Delos

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After crossing the so-called Sacred Way, namely the ancient stone-paved street flanked by the Stoa of Philip and the South Stoa, you are now standing in front of the Propylaea, the main entrance to the Sanctuary of Apollo. To your right stands a replica of the marble herm dedicated by the Amphictyons in 341 BCE to guard the entrance.The Propylaea seen today were dedicated to Apollo by the Athenians, as the inscription on the architrave informed the visitors of the Sanctuary. It is a mid-2nd century BCE work, but remains found in its foundations reveal that it replaced at least two earlier Propylaea, of the 6th and 5th centuries BCE.It is a monumental entrance building to the Sanctuary of Apollo, with 4 Doric columns on the front and 2 others on the back. Parts of the columns are still preserved today.The worn-down marble steps of the Propylaea indicate the large number of visitors to the Sanctuary.

The rights over the depicted monuments belong to the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports (Law 3028/2002)