Didyma (/ ˈdɪdɪmə /; Ancient Greek: Δίδυμα) was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia in the domain of the famous city of Miletus. Apollo was the main deity of the sanctuary of Didyma, also called Didymaion. But it was home to both of the temples dedicated to the twins Apollo and Artemis.

Jan 15, 2014 · Located about 11 miles south of the ancient port city of Miletus on the western coast of modern-day Turkey, the Temple of Apollo at Didyma or Didymaion was the fourth largest temple in the ancient Greek world.

Didyma, ancient sanctuary and seat of an oracle of Apollo, located south of Miletus in modern Turkey. Before being plundered and burned by the Persians (c. 494 bc), the sanctuary was in the charge of the Branchids, a priestly caste named after Branchus, a favourite youth of Apollo.

Jun 8, 2021 · The archaeological site of Didyma in Turkey contains the remains of the ancient Sanctuary of Apollo, one of the most important oracles of the Hellenic world. It is one of the world’s greatest and best preserved temples to both Apollo and within classical antiquity.

Feb 22, 2016 · In the ancient times, Didyma was famous as the place where a colossal Temple of Apollo stood, and the oracle revealed the future. In its heyday, Didyma was not a city, but a place of worship, connected with Miletus by the so-called Sacred Way.

Didyma, an Apollonian Oracle temple in Turkey, is the mythological site where Leto and Zeus gave birth to Artemis and Apollo.

Didyma, temple of Apollo Didyma was the oracular shrine of Apollo at Miletus, to which it was connected by the "Sacred Road". Its priests were the Branchidae. The existence of the sanctuary antedates the Greek colonization of Ionia, and in historical times, people thought that the sacrifices were very unGreek.

Didyma was an ancient Greek sanctuary and oracle located near the coast of Ionia in modern-day Turkey. It was one of the most important religious sites of the ancient Greek world, famous for its temple and oracle of Apollo.

Jan 26, 2018 · Didyma (the temple was given this name to distinguish it from the more famous Temple of Apollo at Delphi) was the largest and most significant sanctuary on the territory of the great classical city of Miletus.

Located ca. 10 km S of the city of Miletus and inland from the small port of Panormos, the site of Didyma (a pre-Hellenic name) was a cult center with a spring and sacred grove before the arrival of the Ionian Greeks.