Temple E (Selinus)

Temple E at Selinus in Sicily is a Greek temple of Magna Graecia of the Doric order. It is found on the hill to the east of the city's acropolis. Temple E is also known as the Temple of Hera because an inscription found on a votive stela^[1] indicates that it was dedicated to Hera;^[2] however, some scholars argue that it must have been dedicated to Aphrodite on the basis of structural parallels.^[3] It was built towards the middle of the fifth century BC on top of the foundations of a more ancient building.^[4] It is the best conserved of the temples of Selinus but its present appearance is the result of anastylosis (reconstruction using original material) performed—controversially—in 1959, by the Italian archaeologist Jole Bovio Marconi.

^ IG XIV 271
^ Tony Spawforth, The Complete Greek Temples 2006, p. 131.
^ Filippo Coarelli; Mario Torelli, Sicilia (Guide archeologiche Laterza), Bari, Laterza, 1988, pp. 72-103
^ Enzo Lippolis, Monica Livadiotti, Giorgio Rocco, Architettura greca: storia e monumenti del mondo della polis dalle origini al V secolo, 2007, pp. 833-834, ISBN 8842492205.

[1] IG XIV 271

[2] Tony Spawforth, The Complete Greek Temples 2006, p. 131.

[3] Filippo Coarelli; Mario Torelli, Sicilia (Guide archeologiche Laterza), Bari, Laterza, 1988, pp. 72-103

[4] Enzo Lippolis, Monica Livadiotti, Giorgio Rocco, Architettura greca: storia e monumenti del mondo della polis dalle origini al V secolo, 2007, pp. 833-834, ISBN 8842492205.

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Temple E (Selinus)

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