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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

1978

Image ID

DH.060

Subcollection

DH: Delphi

Abstract

View of the stadium, with its unique semicircular sphendone on the far side. The stadium dates from the 5th century BCE, but it was heavily renovated in the 2nd century CE by Roman aristocrat Herodus Atticus.

Description

View of the stadium from above. It dates from the 5th century BCE, but was heavily renovated by Roman aristocrat Herodus Atticus in the 2nd century CE. The level field of the stadium is built into a steep slope, requiring the north side to be carved from the rock and the south side to be supported by a stone terrace. It is about 177 meters long, equivalent to 600 Roman feet. Inscriptions tell us that in addition to the 'gymnastics,' what we call track and field sports today, there were sometimes musical events as well. This is the best preserved stadium in Greece, and differs from its natural peers in Epidauros (DM) and Olympia (DI) in the curved sphendone on the west end.

Image Notes

Creation date unknown. Photograph processed July 1978. Notes written on the slide or index: Stadium (total length=200 meters).

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Delfoi, Greece

Keywords

Full View, Stadium, Herodus Atticus, Fifth Century BC, Archaic Period, Stadium of Herodus Atticus

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