Temenos

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title: Temenos
text: A temenos is a piece of land cut off and assigned as an official domain, especially to kings and chiefs, or a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god, such as a sanctuary, holy grove, or holy precinct. A temenos enclosed a sacred space called a hieron. It was usually surrounded by a wall, ditch, or line of stones. All things inside of the demarkated area belonged to the designated god. Greeks could find asylum within a sanctuary and be under the protection of the deity a
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description: Piece of land assigned as an official domain or dedicated to gods
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temenos
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date modified: 2024-04-25T09:00:37Z
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