Temple Of Apollo - Hierapolis Stock Image

A temple was raised to Apollo Lairbenos, the town`s principal god during the late Hellenistic period.[14] This Apollo was linked to the ancient Anatolian sun god Lairbenos and the god of oracles Kareios. The site also included temples or shrines to Cybele, Artemis, Pluto, and Poseidon. Now only the foundations of the Hellenistic temple remain. The temple stood within a peribolos 15 by 20 metres 49 by 66 ft in Doric style.The Sanctuary of ApolloThe structures of the temple are later, though the presence of two Ionic capitals in the Museum see under Museum, as well as of a Corinthian capital of the 1st century AD and other architectural fragments lead archaeologists to suppose the existence of an earlier temple on the site