…a treasury at Delphi that will eventually…

…a treasury at Delphi that will eventually will fund the Delian League, which will become, in effect, the Athenian Empire.

The Siphnian Treasury, constructed around 525, is one of the earliest buildings (along with the Treasury of the Knidians, built in 550) to feature caryatids.

The frieze of the marble treasury dedicated to the sanctuary of Apollo by the island city-state of Siphnos features fighting scenes, which have gradually begun to replace the monsters on earlier gable sculpture.

The battle imagery displays strikingly clear contours.