classicalmonuments:Temple of Dionysos KathegemonPergamon, Turkey159 BCE~14 m. highThe Temple of Dion
classicalmonuments:Temple of Dionysos KathegemonPergamon, Turkey159 BCE~14 m. highThe Temple of Dionysos Kathegemon was built at the foot of the theatre’s cavea (seating area), at the north end of a colonnaded terrace.A 4.5 metre high stairway of 25 marble steps led up to the temple, which was 13.17 metres wide and 21.6 metres long. It had a porch at its entrance (prostyle), supported by four Ionic columns (tetrastyle), with a further column behind each of end columns. Each of the columns was over 11 metres tall and 1.13 metres in diameter.It appears that the temple was never quite completed, and that a frieze planned for it was also unfinished. This may have been due to the fact that the sculptors were busy on several other of Eumenes’ building projects, including the enormous Great Altar of Zeus. -- source link