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Argos
The Town Hall
Railway Station
The Municipal Market
Konstantopoulos Mansion
Trikoupis Mansion
Kapodistrias Public School
Xintaropoulos Building
Kapodistrias Barracks
Church of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos
Church of Aghios Konstantinos
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
The Church of Panaghia Portokalousa (Katekekrymeni)
Panaghia of the Castle
Aghios Petros Cathedral and Central Square
Kefalari and Erasinos River
The Archaelogical Museum (Kallergeio)
The Courthouse Square
The Street Market
The Ancient Theatre
Serapeio-Asklipeio-Baths A
Theatre with the Straight Rows of Seats
The Temple of Aphrodite
The Ancient Agora of Argos
Hypostyle Chamber
The Northern Arcade and the Theatre of the Agora
The War Memorial
The South Arcade and Palaestra
Stadium Track
The Dome and the Nymphaeum of Argos
Monument D
The Agora's Drain
Monument M
Larissa and the Castle
Prophet Elias Hill (the Shield)-Deiras-Prehistoric Times
Temple of Athena Oxyderkes and Apollo Deiradiotis
The Criterion, the Nymphaeum and the Aqueduct
Gordon Residence
Residence of General Dimitris Tsokris
The Diamantopoulos Residence
The Baths A
The Odeon
The Square Nymphaeum
The Hellenic Pyramid of Ellinikos

ΑΡΓΟΣ - Temple of Athena Oxyderkes and Apollo Deiradiotis

The temples of Apollo Deiradiotis or Pythios and Athena Oxyderkes were built during historic times on four successive terraces on the western slopes of Prophet Elias Hill. The original use of the area dates back to the 8th century BC, but the basic construction of the site took place during the Ancient, Classical and Hellenistic periods from the 6th to 3rd century BC. The temple of Apollo must have been made of porous stone with Doric and Ionic columns and was found on the central terrace. To the east there was a monumental altar with steps and in the north arcades, an oracle and water tanks. On the north eastern terrace there was a colonnade which surrounded a series of rooms, an indoor water tank and underground channel that led to a well. This group of buildings has been interpreted as an Asklipeio or infirmary. On the eastern terrace there have survived traces of a dome, 6m in diameter, which must belonged to the temple of Athena Oxyderkes. The whole of the hill was fortified during the classical period, from the 5th to 4th century BC. A three nave diocesan basilica was built above the ruins of the temple of Apollo at the beginning of the 6th century during the palaeochristian period.