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Lesche of the Knidians
Delphi, Greece
5th century BCE
19 x 10 m
The Lesche of the Knidians (also known as the Lesche of the Cnidians) was a Lesche, i.e. a club or meeting place, at the sanctuary of Apollo It hosted two famous paintings by the famous painter Polygnotus the Thasian, namely the Capture of Troy and the Nekyia. It was built in the second quarter of the 5th century BCE Apparently a rectangular building bearing a clerestory along its western side and possibly had a tripartite interior arrangement. In the 4th century along its southern side was added a wall for placing ex votos.
The building must have been constructed between 475 and 450 BCE. According to a plausible hypothesis, the lesche was built after the Battle of the Eurymedon (467 BCE), which marked the final defeat of the Persians at the Persian Wars and the liberation of the Greek cities of Asia Minor. Regarding the use of the building, it has been suggested that it functioned as a club or restaurant. In the course of the 4th century BCE, to the south of the monument was built a wall made of local limestone, on which were possibly exhibited votive offerings, according to the model of the Treasury of the Athenians.
It was a rectangular structure of approximately 19 x 10 meters in size. The north and the south sides were its long sides. Today, the only surviving parts of this rather large building are only a few parts of the wall, some stones on the west and east side and almost the entire north wall. It seems that inside the Lesche there were two rows of four wooden columns, placed symmetrically to support a clerestory(shown in the reconstrcution). This allowed natural illumination, which apparently enhanced the beauty of the paintings.

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