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- A metroon (Ancient Gr****: Μητρῷον, Mētrō̂on or Mētrō̂ion) was an ancient Gr**** temple dedicated to a mother goddess. They were often devoted to Cybele...
- Metroon (Ancient Gr****: Μητρῷον), also called Aulia. was a town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Bithynia, described by Arrian (Periplus of the Euxine...
- notice board for new legislation, public events and military conscription. Metroon (Old Bouleuterion) Bouleuterion Temple of Hephaestus (Hephaestion) Temple...
- Cybele was often called a Metroon. Several Metroa were established in Gr**** cities from the fifth century BC onward. The Metroon at Athens was established...
- well as the array of treasuries representing the various city-states. The Metroon lies to the south of these treasuries, with the Echo Stoa to the east....
- The roof was supported by five columns. It is now better known as the Metroon ("House of the Mother") since it was repurposed as her temple after the...
- Ibora Ischopolis Karza Kelesa Kimista Laodicea Pontica Libiopolis Lillium Metroon Mokata Naustathmus Nerik Nicopolis Ophis Oxinas Patara Pharnacia Phazemon...
- or niche was discovered a few meters from the northeast corner of the Metroon. The marble fragment is incised with the images of a seven-branched Menorah...
- found on a marble votive stele (late 4th or early 3rd-century), from the Metroon in the Piraeus the port of ancient Athens (Antikensammlung Berlin SK 1612)...
- secretly acquired — that is, stole — the original do****ents from the Athenian Metroon, the building that housed the city’s public do****ents. Particularly significant...