Economic Activities in The Sanctuary of Hera at Samos. A Proposal for a New Interpretation of Templar Edifices

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The Samian extra-urban sanctuary of Hera is located 6 km far from the city.1 Traces of religious practice inside the area date back to XIII century B.C., while the goddess cult was probably introduced in XIX century, replacing an earlier cult connected to a fertility deity. The complex architectural organization of the sacred area shows an extensive use of templar buildings, whose function is not always comprehensible, so that one of the main problems concerning the study of the Heraion regards the buildings interpretation. Hence, the aim of the present paper is trying to partially solve this issue through the proposal of some edifices’ identifications, by taking into account the archaeological, epigraphic and philological documentation and underlining the importance of economic activities carried out by the sanctuary.

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