Euromos Temple of Zeus Lepsynos
Euromos Zeus Lepsynos Tapınağı · Europos Temple · Euromos Zeus Lepsynus
Archaic to Roman (Carian to Imperial)·Carian, Hellenistic, Roman·🇹🇷 Muğla Province, Milas, Selimiye village, Kızılbay hill east, D525 highway, Turkey
About
About Euromos Temple of Zeus Lepsynos
150 CE under Hadrian on 6th-century BCE predecessor, excavated Taylan Doğan Muğla 2020. Located 200 m north of D525 Milas-Söke highway at Kızılbay foot, terrace overlooks 2nd-century agora, bouleuterion and theatre hollow. 4 km SE Selimiye. Member of Chrysaoric League, then Rhodian Peraea. Unlike Labranda Zeus hilltop, Euromos Zeus is plain-edge temple controlling Selimiye cereal and marble (Labranda) route.
Why it mattersBest-preserved Corinthian temple after Bassae, key for Roman Carian cult syncretism Lepsynos-Olympian Zeus.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Lepsynos etymology
- 02Hellenistic predecessor plan
Theories
- 01Chrysaoric League federal temple
- 02Hadrianic euergetism display
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.500 BCE first; present 150 CE Hadrianic
- Period
- Archaic to Roman (Carian to Imperial)
- Culture
- Carian, Hellenistic, Roman
- Builders
- Euromian demos and Hadrianic benefactor Menekrates
- Purpose
- Chrysaoric League Zeus sanctuary controlling Milas-Didyma plain and marble quarries
- Abandoned
- c.600 CE with Arab-Sassanid incursions
- Rediscovered
- 18th c. Chandler; 1969 Bean; 2011 Abuagla & Doğan excavation
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
150 CE
Hadrianic Corinthian rebuild
1969
Bean identification
2020
Taylan Doğan PhD temple monograph
On the ground
Structures & features
37.3720° N · 27.6750° E · 130 m · 2 mapped features
Euromos — Temple of Zeus Lepsynos peristasis (16 columns)
temple peristasisBest-preserved Corinthian temple in Anatolia: 16 standing columns with architrave, 6×10 peripteral 2nd c. CE
37.3730° N · 27.6760° EEuromos — Agora Stoa and Theatre scarp
agora theatreAgora north stoa and hillside theatre scarp controlling Selimiye plain
37.3710° N · 27.6740° E