Temples
Each temple had its own god and its own customs. The Parthenon was the storehouse of the treasures of Delian League and the celebration of the Panhellenic victory over the Persians (who had destroyed the earlier Parthenon).
The temple of Demeter at Eleusis was the site of the mysteries mentioned above (and below). The temples of the healing god Aesculapius allowed patients to seek medical help. The temple of Zeus at Olympia (on the Peloponnese, and not on the distant mountain Olympus in Thessaly) was one of the most monumental constructions of antiquity, and site of the games (for which truces were declared during wars) supposedly since 776 BCE (but this date is probably likewise an invention, as the archaeology cannot confirm it). Of equal renown as a Panhellenic sanctuary was the temple of Apollo at Delphi where the priestesses answered questions by offering their interpretations of the words of the god. Offerings were made at altars standing outside before the temples; all could participate, for the people made and consumed some of the offerings, while the gods profited from the smoke of the burnt offerings.
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