Unsichtbar präsent. Der Monumentalaltar des Hermokreon in Parion und seine Inszenierung als wiederverwertetes Heiligtum

Abstract

The article discusses the available evidence on the architectural form, dating and cultic significance of the  literarily attested monumental altar of Hermocreon in Parion. It focuses on a little studied passage in Straboʼs Geographika who states that the construction of the altar was accompanied by a complete transfer of building material and furnishings from the abandoned oracle of  Adrasteia. On the basis of this tradition, the article explores how the reuse of a sanctuary – essentially a conventional means of recycling building materials while at the same time preserving divine property – may have been perceived and commemorated more broadly and how it thus contributed to the shaping of Hellenistic and Early Imperial sacred landscapes.