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Temple of Apollo Epicurius

archaeological site, Bassae, Greece
Also known as: Temple of Apollo Epikourios

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design by Ictinus

  • Parthenon
    In Ictinus

    The Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae (in Arcadia, near Phigalia) was said to be modeled after the Temple of Athena Alea (by Scopas) at Tegea, the most beautiful temple in the Peloponnese, which incorporated the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders in novel ways. Most of…

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significance to Bassae

  • In Bassae

    …as the site of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios (Epicurius; “the Helper”), built c. 450–425 bce. Pausanias, a Greek geographer of the 2nd century ce, considered the temple one of the finest in the Peloponnese. It is also one of the best-preserved temples in Greece, and it was inscribed as…

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