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VIRTUAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF SPARTA
RECONSTRUCTING SPARTA · PAUS. 3.19.9

The Menelaion at Therapne

ANCIENT TESTIMONY · PAUSANIAS 3.19.9At Therapne was a temple of Menelaos; Pausanias reports that Menelaos and Helen were said to be buried there (3.19.9).
EXCAVATED EVIDENCEThe British School at Athens excavated here; R. M. Dawkins exposed walls of a Mycenaean building in 1910 (Annual of the British School at Athens 16). The terraced shrine visible today stands on a ridge above the Eurotas.
CONJECTUREThe look of the classical shrine above its terrace is reconstructed only in outline.
The Menelaion at Therapne
EVIDENCETherapne (Sparta), Menelaion. Walls of a Mycenaean building excavated by R. M. Dawkins of the British School at Athens in 1910. R. M. Dawkins, "Laconia I. Excavations at Sparta, 19 Photo: R. M. Dawkins (1871–1955), Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
The Menelaion at Therapne
EVIDENCETherapne (Sparta). View of the Menelaion from the northeast, with Taygetos in the background. Photo: Mark Landon (User:Choliamb), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
Reconstruction slot. Will show an openly licensed drawing, or a new one, clearly labelled.