Kourion Complex (Apollo) pre 1945

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Northwest of the South Building, at the west end of the street, is a deep underground cistern. Water was collected on the tiled roof of the South Building and carried off in terracotta pipes, (still in a perfect state of preservation) into the cistern. (Fig. 20).

Across the street from the South Building rise the many steps of Temple A, and just west of the cistern at the west end of the street, there are steps leading to another building as yet only partially excavated. This building and the larger unexcavated portion of Temple A we hope to clear in another season.

At the close of the Spring campaign, we laid bare another Greek altar near the eastern end of the street opposite the South Building. (Fig. 21). It is smaller than the other Greek altar but was jammed full of ex-voto terracotta figurines and sculptural fragments in stone and marble. Unlike the first altar which contained only Archaic votaries, this one yielded many examples of all periods, from Archaic down into Hellenistic times. Many of the figurines are quite exquisite in their workmanship. Among them are innumerable warriors in full armour, charioteers riding in chariots drawn by horses; many Apollos; numerous male and female heads; centaurs; horses, many of which have their riders upon them, and other animals.