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    The Samothrace Temple Complex, known as the Sanctuary of the Great Gods (Modern Greek: Ιερό των Μεγάλων Θεών Ieró ton Megálon Theón), is one of the principal...
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    The Winged Victory of Samothrace, or the Niké of Samothrace, is a votive monument originally found on the island of Samothrace, north of the Aegean Sea...
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    centered in the north Aegean islands of Lemnos and possibly Samothrace—at the Samothrace temple complex—and at Thebes. In their distant origins the Cabeiri and...
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    Panhellenic sanctuary (category Temples in Greece)
    Maeander: Temple of Artemis Leucophryene, dedicated to Artemis. Nemea: Temple of Zeus, Nemea, dedicated to Zeus. Samothrace: Samothrace temple complex, dedicated...
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    famous artifact from the temple complex is the 2.5-metre marble statue of Nike (now known as the Winged Victory of Samothrace), which dates from about...
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    largest Greek tholos, of uncertain function, was built in the Samothrace temple complex in the 260s BC. It is often called the Arsinoeum, as a dedication...
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    Macedon made votive offerings to the internationally esteemed Samothrace temple complex of the Cabeiri mystery cult. This was also the same location where...
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    Macedon made votive offerings to the internationally esteemed Samothrace temple complex of the Cabeiri mystery cult. In the three royal tombs at Vergina...
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    cedar wood, and gold to build the royal palace in Jerusalem, as well as the Temple. Tyre is listed among an alliance of ten nations that would conspire against...
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    the Castrum (military camp); of a slightly later date is the Capitolium (temple of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva). The opus quadratum of the walls of the original...
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