This course will examine the sacred spaces of ancient Greece, with particular emphasis on the origins, structure and evolution of cult sites, on the diverse ritual practices and sacred festivals associated with different divinities and geographic regions, on the range and importance of votive dedications as religious offerings as well as works of art, and on the development of monumental architecture to meet the needs of ancient Greek worship. A familiarity will be attained with the material configuration of belief in the context of the major sanctuaries and on a more intimate domestic context. Evidence will be primarily archaeological, together with iconographic, epigraphic and literary sources whenever possible. Both Pan-Hellenic and lesser known regional cults will be studied with the aim of exploring the role of sanctuaries in the religious, social, and artistic culture of ancient Greece.