Il sacello-heroon di Poseidonia: problemi e prospettive di ricerche alla luce delle recenti indagini

The heroon of Poseidonia represents a monument particularly linked to the memory of Dinu Theodorescu: discovered by P.C. Sestieri in 1954, the building was correctly interpreted only thanks to the research that Dinu, in collaboration with Emanuele Greco, conducted in the 1970s in Paestum with the Italian-French mission. These investigations were very significant for the correct interpretation of the monument, identified as a herôon, and for the restitution of the topographical context of the agora within the urban layout of the Greek city. The careful drawings of the building structures and the study of the architectural remains that lie in the surrounding space, allowed Dinu to put forward some hypotheses on the restitution of the monument which, in his opinion, was covered by a mound and also equipped with an altar: the archaeological
investigations carried out in 2018 in the area in which the altar was hypothesized, while not allowing to confirm its existence, made it possible to collect clues that corroborate the hypothesis of the mound and revealed a complex stratigraphic situation that would require further insights.
Starting from the results of recent explorations, the new hypotheses, unresolved problems and prospects for future research are exposed.