The temple, positioned in the north-south direction, has a teplum in antis plan and sits on a platform measuring 15.67 x 7.78 m. The entrance to the temple is provided by a 7-step staircase on the north side. The structure, consisting of two spaces, pronaos and naos, was built in the Corinthian architectural order. The pronaos, measuring 5.14 x 3.07 m, is reached by passing through the two columns between the ante ends. The naos has a plan close to a square and measures 6.97 x 5.23 m. The original floor blocks covering the foundation filling in the pronaos and naos sections were removed in ancient times and used as spolia material in the City Basilica. The podium, crepis row, the staircase providing entrance to the pronaos and the part of the temple up to the foundation filling have survived in situ to the present day. The podium, which measures 1.89 m with its crown and base, has a single-step crepis row on it. The masonry, which starts with a profiled base on the crepis, ends with a molding called the wall crown under the entablature row. The height of the structure up to the platform reaches 10 meters with the pediment that completes the entablature consisting of the architrave, frieze and geison row. There is a frieze belt with rich plant ornaments on the architrave blocks decorated with astragal row. The preserved parts of the north and south pediments show that the sima belt was given together with lion gargoyles. According to epigraphic findings, the temple, which is understood to have been dedicated to the god Kronos, is dated to the second half of the 2nd century AD due to its architectural features.

Tlos Excavations – Temple of Kronos

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