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    The megaron (/ˈmɛɡəˌrɒn/; Ancient Greek: μέγαρον, [mégaron], pl.: megara /ˈmɛɡərə/) was the great hall in very early Mycenean and ancient Greek palace...
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    The Kalamata Dance Megaron is a dance hall located in Kalamata, Greece. The venue has an imposing central stage, with a total area of 1,500 m2 (16,000 sq ft)...
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    seats, three altars, and an enigmatic structure conventionally called the Megaron. Pausanias also describes a temple of Artemis Hegemone (Artemis the Leader)...
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    center were large megaron-style buildings around a courtyard which was likely used for public events. One of these buildings, Megaron IIA, is the biggest...
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    Exhibition Hall". The Zappeion Megaron Hall of Athens. Retrieved 11 November 2008. "The will of Evangelis Zappas". The Zappeion Megaron Hall of Athens. Retrieved...
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    residential sites suggest the influence of political and social changes. The megaron, single room structure, expanded in size to fit multiple rooms with a courtyard...
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    in front of the temple of Pan, the goat god. The megaron of Eleusis is quite similar to the "megaron" of Despoina at Lycosura. Despoina was worshipped...
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    sacrifice, the latter receiving sacrifices in a bothros (βόθρος, "pit") or megaron (μέγαρον, "sunken chamber") rather than at an altar. The canonical number...
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    excavated under megaron 605 and megaron 832. Under megaron 832, excavations have shown 7 consecutive layers over 2 meters in depth. Under the megaron 605, only...
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    The megaron temple of Domu de Orgia ("house of Orgia" in English language) is an important nuragic archaeological site located in the territory of Esterzili...
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    mistress", a chthonic divinity in West-Arcadia. The megaron of Eleusis is quite similar to the "megaron" of Despoina at Lycosura. Demeter is united with...
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    mixed farming and stock-rearing economy, architectural innovations (i.e. "megaron-type" and "Tsangli-type" houses), as well as elaborate art and tool manufacturing...
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    the original on 22 February 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2009. "Megaron Events Chart". Megaron.gr. 26 October 1997. Archived from the original on 1 February...
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    as in the case of the huge sanctuary of S'Arcu 'e Is Forros, where many megaron temples with a complex plant were excavated. The largest and best preserved...
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    dolphins and porpoises. The Minoan frescoes depicting dolphins in Queen's Megaron at Knossos indicate that Minoans were well aware of and celebrated these...
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     2000–1700/1675 BC) faced a slower pace of development, as well as the evolution of megaron-type dwellings and cist grave burials. The last phase of Middle Helladic...
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    well-lit spaces that stay in a comfortable temperature range. Socrates' Megaron House is a classic example of passive solar design. The most recent approaches...
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    View of the Megaron of the palace at Tiryns, one of the many Greek palaces destroyed during the Bronze Age Collapse...
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    Vallianeion Megaron, which still partly houses the library in addition to two other buildings, at Agia Paraskevi and Nea Halkidona. The Vallianeion Megaron forms...
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    The Athens Concert Hall (Greek: Μέγαρον Μουσικής Αθηνών, Mégaron Mousikis Athinon) is a concert hall located on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue in Athens, Greece...
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    architecture was general throughout southern Greece. They all featured a megaron, or throne room, with a raised central hearth under an opening in the roof...
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    a megaron with its rectangular plan and which contains a long hall andÖztür a porch in front, approaches that of the largest and best-known megaron of...
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    during his labors, and some sources cite it as his birthplace. The famous megaron of the palace of Tiryns has a large reception hall, the main room of which...
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  • display an eclectic mix of architectural styles, some following the classic megaron design, others even having irregular floorplans. Some of these houses show...
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    a royal Pylos-style megaron; although it was always smaller. Nichoria became subordinate to Pylos and lost the use of its megaron. Toward the end of LH...
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    grazing for cattle. The remains of a 10th century BC building, including a megaron, on the top of the ridge has led to speculation that this was the chieftain's...
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    setting of stone slabs which appeared to surround the Megaron was only put in place after the Megaron had gone out of use and c) that the burnt stratum with...
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    through a closed system leading to a sewer apart from the hill. The queen's megaron contained an example of the first known water-flushing system latrine adjoining...
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  • suffering and exodus of the ethnic Greeks of the city. The film premiered at Megaron-Athens Concert Hall. The film screened at Redstone Theatre through Museum...
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    hall is a circular hearth paved with pebbles, as is typical in Mycenaean megaron hall buildings; other unusual architectural features are paved benches...
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