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Bassae
ancient city, Greece
Bassae, ancient Greek city on the Neda River in southwestern Arcadia. The city is now chiefly known as the site of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios (Epicurius; “the Helper”), built c. 450–425 bce. Pausanias, a Greek geographer of the 2nd century ce, considered the temple one of the finest in the Peloponnese. It is also one of the best-preserved temples in Greece, and it was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1986.
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