A Templum cum Porticibus at Athens: context, architecture and relation with the Urban Landscape

Located between the Acropolis and the Ilissos River, the site of the Olympieion in southern Athens contains the visible remains of a temple surrounded by porticus. The building was excavated between the 1961 and 1962 by John Travlos and Ioannis Threpsiadis. After the discovery, some scholars suggested many hypotheses about the dating and function of the monument. Despite this interest, there is still no dedicated study of this important building. Given this lack in the history of studies, this paper aims to provide for the first time an analysis of this Athenian sanctuary from a cultural, topographical, and architectural point of view.