The main characters of the metopes are from common Athenian mythology, showing these heroes undergoing … See more

The thirty metopes of the treasury are 67 cm tall and 62–64 cm wide, nine along the long sides (north and south) and six along the short (east and west), depicted the labors of Theseus and Herakles. This is the earliest sur… See more

The platform upon which the treasury stands has a prominent inscription on its south face; it is dated internally to post-490 BCE.
ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΙ Τ[Ο]Ι ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝ[Ι ΑΠΟ ΜΕΔ]ΟΝ Α… See more

The Athenian Treasury in Delphi was built according to a typical distyle in antis design, with two antae framing two columns.
The ancient writer and traveler Pausanias was “emphatic that the Athenian Treasury was built [… See more

The treasury was made to contain votive offerings such as spoils of war and kouros. This is where the famous twin kouros statues, Kleobis and Biton, were found. They were originally made at the Temple of Athena in A… See more

A Panhellenic sanctuary was open to all of the city-states. The Athenians took this chance to display their civic pride and prosperity to not only the other city-states but to the gods and show them that they deserved t… See more