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Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Background
A néôrion (in Ancient Greek, τὸ νεώριον tò néôrion) is a type of classical Greek commemorative monument designed to celebrate a naval victory. It is a long gallery in which a ship is displayed (hence the name), occasionally one of the enemy, in honour of the battle.ExamplesAt the Sanctuary of the Great Gods at Samothrace.At the sanctuary of Apollo at Delos, a neorion contained the flagship of Antigonus II Gonatas which he offered to celebrate the victory at Kos against the Ptolemaics in 255 BC. This Neorion is believed to have been built on the site of a previous one.Neorion in Greek is also a term describing a port facility where ship construction and repair takes place (like the famous Neorion areas in Herakleion, Crete, built by the Venetians).ReferencesRené Ginouvès. Dictionnaire méthodique de l'architecture grecque et romaine, tome III, Espace architecturaux, bâtiments et ensembles Collection de l'École française de Rome 84, EFR - EFA, 1998 ISSN 0223-5099 OCLC 1567346, p. 68.Translated from the French wiki article fr:Néôrion 10 May 2006Hellenistic Greece
- Library of Pergamon
- Colossus of Rhodes
- Ancient Theatre of Ohrid
- Tomb of Alexander the Great
- Tomb of Philip II
- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
- Pergamon Altar
- Philippeion
- Sanctuary of the Great Gods
- Ploutonion at Hierapolis
- Filippeios Krini
Ptolemaic Structures
- Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria
- Cleopatra's Palace at Alexandria
- Library of Alexandria
- Serapeum
- Caesareum of Alexandria
- Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra
Seleucid Structures
Indo-Greek Structures
Babylonian Structures
Other
- Gates of Alexander
- Kapilikaya Rock Tomb
- Birtha
- Tombs of the Kings of Pontus
- Monument of Prusias II
- Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
