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Heraion literally means Of Hera but the name usually refers to the Temple of Hera on the island of Samos.
The temple was constructed by Greek colonists in the seventh century BCE on the ruins of an older structure; the temple was destroyed by the Persians in the time of Kyrus the Great and then rebuilt by the master-builder, Rhoikos (between 570 and 560 BCE); the temple was immediately destroyed again by the Persians and rebuilt under the direction of Rhoikos’ son, Theodoros.
With each incarnation of the temple, improvements and enlargements were added to the original design; the historian, Herodotus (484?-425? BCE), said the temple was the largest structure in the Greek world.
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