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Panhellenic sanctuary

Panhellenic sanctuary

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A Panhellenic sanctuary was a holy sanctuary, shrine or holy place of worship in Ancient Greece, that was open to all Greeks regardless of the city-state it belonged to. These holy places were often the subject of pilgrimages from all the Greek world.

Some of the known panhellenic sanctuaries listed among the main Greek sanctuaries.

Normally, a sanctuary or shrine belonged to the city in which territory it was situated. Panhellenic sanctuaries were places of neutrality, and were therefore used as neutral places of political meetings between different Greek city-states, places where Panhellenic Games were held, and well as places were different Greek powers could keep their treasuries.[1]

Known Panhellenic sanctuaries were:

History

In the 8th century BCE, these sites became popular and were often old sacred sites and buildings given new roles to match the politics of the age.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Robin Hagg, Nanno Marinatos: Greek Sanctuaries: New Approaches
  2. [2]
    Bauer, Susan Wise (2007). The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome (1st ed.). New York: W. W. Norton. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-393-05974-8.


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