Editing Cybele (section)

=== Greece ===
The earliest known temple for Cybele in the Greek world is the [[Daskalopetra monument]] on [[Chios]], which dates to the sixth or early fifth centuries BC.{{sfn|Roller|1999|pp=137-138}} In Greek, a temple to Cybele was often called a ''[[Metroon]]''. Several Metroa were established in Greek cities from the fifth century BC onward. The Metroon at Athens was established in the early fifth century BC on the west side of the [[Athenian Agora]], next to the [[Boule (ancient Greece)|Boule]] (town council). It was a rectangular building with three rooms and an altar in front. It was destroyed during the [[Greco-Persian_Wars#Sack_of_Athens|Persian sack of Athens]] in 480 BC, but repaired around 460 BC. The cult was deeply integrated into civic life; the Metroon was used as the state [[archive]] and Cybele was one of the four main deities, to whom serving councillors sacrificed, along with Zeus, Athena, and Apollo. The highly influential fifth-century BC statue of Cybele enthroned by Agoracritus was located in this building. The building was rebuilt around 150 BC, with separate rooms for cult worship and archival storage, and it remained in use until Late Antiquity.{{sfn|Roller|1999|pages=162-163, 216-217}} A second Metroon in the Athenian suburb of Agrae was associated with the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]].{{sfn|Roller|1999|page=175}} At the end of the fifth century BC, a Metroon was established at [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]]. It is a small hexastyle temple, the third to be built on the site after the archaic [[Temple of Hera, Olympia|Heraion]] and the mid-fifth century [[Temple of Zeus, Olympia|Temple of Zeus]]. In the Roman period it was used for the [[Imperial cult of ancient Rome|Imperial cult]].{{sfn|Roller|1999|pages=161-162}} In the fourth century, further Metroa are attested at [[Smyrna]] and [[Colophon (city)|Colophon]], where they also served as state archives, as in Athens.{{sfn|Roller|1999|pages=163}}