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The Electra Gate, Thebes, where Kapaneus is said to have been struck by Zeus' lightning. One of the seven gates of Thebes (8th BCE).
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The Electra Gate, Thebes, where Kapaneus is said to have been struck by Zeus...

The Megaron of the Royal Palace (8th BCE), Thebes.
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The Megaron of the Royal Palace (8th BCE), Thebes.

The columns of the Heraion, a sanctuary of Hera between Argos and Mycenae (8th BCE).
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The columns of the Heraion, a sanctuary of Hera between Argos and Mycena...

Archaic altar of the Heraion, the sanctuary of Hera between Argos and Mycenae (8th BCE).
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Archaic altar of the Heraion, the sanctuary of Hera between Argos and Mycena...

Temple of Athena Alea in Tegea (5th BCE) where Herakles is said to have raped Auge who bore him Telephos. Pond and ruins.
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Temple of Athena Alea in Tegea (5th BCE) where Herakles is said t...

Outside walls of Tiryns (13th BCE). Mycenaean military architecture. Herakles performed his twelve labours for Eurystheos, ruler of Tiryns.
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Outside walls of Tiryns (13th BCE). Mycenaean military archi...

Walls of Tiryns, the gate of the inner city (13th BCE). Herakles performed his twelve labours for Eurystheos, ruler of Tiryns.
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Walls of Tiryns, the gate of the inner city (13th BCE). Herakles performed his t...

Temple of the Nemean Zeus (340-320 BCE). Here Herakles fought and killed the Nemean lion, the first of his twelve labours for Eurystheos, ruler of Tiryns.
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Temple of the Nemean Zeus (340-320 BCE). Here Herakles fought and...

Temple of the Nemean Zeus (340-320 BCE). Here Herakles fought and killed the Nemean lion, the first of his twelve labours for Eurystheos, ruler of Tiryns,
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Temple of the Nemean Zeus (340-320 BCE). Here Herakles fought and...

Palace of King Nestor in Pylos, earthenware bathtub (12th BCE). Telemach, son of Ulysses, visited here to ask Nestor for news of his father.
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Palace of King Nestor in Pylos, earthenware bathtub (12th BCE). Telemach, so...

Temple of Poseideon on Cape Sounion, a Doric temple built around 430 BCE to replace an earlier structure destroyed by the Persians.
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Temple of Poseideon on Cape Sounion, a Doric temple built around 430...

Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion, a Doric temple built around 430 BCE to replace an earlier structure destroyed by the Persians.
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Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion, a Doric temple built around 430...