Explore: Treasury Of Siphnos (delphi)

Siphnian Treasury was a building at the Ancient Greek cult centre of Delphi, erected to host the offerings of the polis, or city-state, of Siphnos. It was

of Marathon in 490 BC. The Siphnian Treasury was dedicated by the city of Siphnos, whose citizens gave a tithe of the yield from their silver mines until

the time of the founding of the Siphnian Treasury, the Siphnians were told: "... When the Prytanies' seat shines white in the island of Siphnos, White-browed

there as early as the 3rd millennium BCE. Proof of this is the treasury which the Siphnians built at Delphi in the 6th century BCE to house their offerings

found in the treasuries of Delphi, including that of Siphnos, dating to the 6th century BC. However, their use as supports in the form of women can be

Ios, Amorgos, Syros and Siphnos, were all found to be singularly rich in evidence of the Middle-Aegean period. The series of Syran-built graves, containing

Anavissos. National Archaeological Museum of Athens, c. 530 BC Unknown artist: Treasury of Siphnos frieze (detail), Delphi Archaeological Museum, c. 525 BC Attributed

interesting are the friezes of the Treasury of Syphnos, in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, which show a very advanced degree of compositional fluency and

first treasury to the Apollonian temple was built before the end of the 7th century BCE. A treasury of the temple was constructed by the city of Siphnos during

great sanctuaries: the treasury of Sifnos, the Naxian column at Delphi or the terrace of lions offered by Naxos to Delos. The wealth of the Cycladic cities