This famous temple was built towards the middle of the 5th century before Christ. in the lonely heights of the Arcadian mountains. It was dedicated to Apollo, worshiped as the god of healing and the sun, patron of arts. The temple’s architecture and decoration combine the two earliest Hellenic styles - the Archaic style and the Doric style yet some daring architectural solutions have been used. For example here is the first capital yet found, made in the later known Corinthian style.