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The buildings and artefacts uncovered by Canadian excavations at
Stymphalos (1994-2001) shed light on the history and cult of a
small sanctuary on the acropolis of the ancient city. The thirteen
detailed studies collected in Stymphalos: The Acropolis Sanctuary
illuminate a variety of aspects of the site. Epigraphical evidence
confirms that both Athena and Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth,
were worshipped in the sanctuary between the fourth and second
centuries BCE. The temple and service buildings are modest in size
and materials, but the temple floor and pillar shrine suggest that
certain stones and bedrock outcrops were held as sacred objects.
Earrings, finger rings, and other jewelry, along with almost 100
loomweights, indicate that women were prominent in cult
observances. Many iron projectile points (arrowheads and catapult
bolts) suggest that the sanctuary was destroyed in a violent attack
around the mid-second century, possibly by the Romans. A modest
sanctuary in a modest Arcadian city-state, the acropolis sanctuary
at Stymphalos will be a major point of reference for all
archaeologists and historians studying ancient Arcadia and all
southern Greece in the future.
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