Thermos (Aetolia)
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| Alternate name | Thermon, Thermum |
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| Location | Thermo, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece |
| Region | Aetolia |
| Coordinates | 38°33′34″N 21°40′5″E / 38.55944°N 21.66806°ECoordinates: 38°33′34″N 21°40′5″E / 38.55944°N 21.66806°E |
| Type | Sanctuary |
| History | |
| Founded | Approximately 1500 BC |
| Abandoned | 189 BC |
| Periods | Late Helladic IIA to Hellenistic period |
| Site notes | |
| Management | 36th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities |
| Website | Thermos |
Thermos (/ˈθɜːrmɒs/; also known as Thermon /ˈθɜːrmən/ or Thermum; Greek: Θέρμος) was an ancient Greek sanctuary, which served as the regular meeting place of the Aetolian League. Its focal point was the temple of Apollo Thermios famous for the archaic terracotta metopes decorated with painted scenes from mythology which are among the earliest examples of this art form in Greece.
Thermos was already an important regional centre in the prehistoric period: a long apsidal building (with one rounded end—'Megaron A'), elliptical and square houses with finds of pottery in the Middle Helladic tradition together with imports of high quality Mycenaean pottery can all be dated to the Late Helladic IIA period c. 1500 BC. This settlement continued to flourish throughout the Mycenaean period, even after the destruction of the Mycenaean palaces (LH IIIC, 1200-1100 BC) when a fine krater (large bowl) decorated with warriors in the same style as the well-known Warrior Vase found by Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae was brought to the site.
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