Temple of Athena, Tegea

Doric and Corinthian temple from Late Classical period in baroque style, designed by Skopas (375-350 B.C. or 350-325 B.C.). Pausanias 8.45.5 ff.: The modern temple (of Athena Alea in Tegea) is far superior to all other temples in the Peloponnesus on many grounds, especially for its size. Its first row of pillars is Doric, and the next to it Corinthian; also, outside the temple, stand pillars of the Ionic order. I discovered that its architect was Scopas the Parian, who made images in many places of ancient Greece, and some besides in Ionia and Caria. On the front gable is the hunting of the Calydonian boar. On the gable at the back is a representation of Telephus fighting Achilles on the plain of the Caicus.