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Below, in Siniavis, Saklas the Demiurge tried to rejoice in his apotheosis. He stood in the great central hall of his temple, before his own image, and accepted the homage of his worshippers.
The Saklaseum, towering above Siniavis upon a foundation a hundred steps high, was a gigantic domed structure surrounded on all four sides by chambers, stairs, and secret corridors, and above by quarters for the priests and cells for sacrificial victims. An open court surrounded the building, and about this ran four porticos. Gold and ivory were dominant in the facade of the structure.