The Treasury of Cyrene was probably the last treasury to have been built within the sanctuary of Apollo. It was oriented towards the
Temple of Apollo. Its date of construction is estimated at ca. 334–322 BC. It was constructed at the eastern part of the precinct, supported by a base (crepis) made of limestone and consisting of three steps. The elevation of the treasury was made of two kinds of marble with provenance from
Paros and
Mount Pentelikon. It was built in the
Doric order,
distyle in antis, with a vestibule and a
cella. The
antae were provided with semi-columns on their interior side. The building was covered by a marble roof, the
sima of which was decorated with
gargoyles in alternating forms (lion heads and simple tubes). An inscription on the north anta mentions that the Cyreneans were accorded the
promanteia by the city of Delphi, as a sign of gratitude for a heavy load of wheat that the former offered the latter during a period of famine. Cyrene was a wheat-producing region throughout the
Hellenistic and
Roman periods. In front of the treasury there was a small square and to its south was discovered a building which was formerly identified as the
prytaneion. ==See also==