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race-course is called a temenos, the sacred valley of the Nile is the Νείλοιο πῖον τέμενος Κρονίδα, the Acropolis is the ἱερὸν τέμενος (of Pallas ).

For example, Olympia is the temenos of Zeus . There were many temene of Apollo , as he was the patron god of settlers.

In religious discourse in English, Temenos has also come to refer to a territory, plane, receptacle or field of deity or divinity.


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  • Molyneaux, Brian Leigh & Piers Vitebsky (2000). ''Sacred Earth, Sacred Stones: Spiritual Site And Landscapes, Ancient Alignments, Earth Energy.'' London, England: Duncan Baird Publishers. ISBN 1-903296-07-2.



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