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The area of Aulis was inhabited as early as the Mycenaean period (16th-12th centuries B.C.) but the homonymous city mentioned by Homer has been identified with Glypha, a hill towards the north along the coast, near Chalkis. Habitation on the site continued in the Geometric period (10th-8th centuries B.C.) as is attested by an apsidal building uncovered under the Classical temple of Artemis. The temple and the Sacred Spring were both constructed in the 5th century B.C. In the Hellenistic period (330-30 B.C.) the pronaos was added to the temple, while a complex of workshops and a hostel were built to the south. During the Roman Imperial period (30 B.C.-A.D. 330) the temple was repaired and the numerous votive offerings dated to this period suggest the flourishing of the cult. The sanctuary was destroyed during the invasion of the Goths of Alarichus in A.D. 396. The area over the temple was later occupied by bath installations (thermae). The temple of Artemis measures 9.40 x 31 m. and was built in the 5th century B.C., probably on the ruins of an earlier temple. It has an open pronaos with four or six Doric columns, a cella divided into three aisles by two rows of four Ionic columns, and an adyton. Statues, bases of votive offerings, small "treasures", and offering tables were found inside the temple. (Caption source: http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21111a/e211ka01.html) category images
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