Altar of Zeus Polieus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Apr 22, 2024 02:49 PM
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History
An altar and sanctuary on the Acropolis of Athens, site of the bouphonia ritual during the Dipolieia festival. The shrine is to be identified with a set of cuttings at the highest point on the Acropolis, northeast of the Parthenon.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/116485242
37.9718594383, 23.7272356284
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Ναός Διός Πολιέως (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- βωμὸν τοῦ Πολιέως Διός (bomòn toû Poliéōs Diós: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Altar of Zeus Polieus located on Acropolis of Athens (unspecified date range)
- Altar of Zeus Polieus located near Parthenon (30 BC - AD 300)
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Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Altar of Zeus Polieus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/116485242> [accessed: 06 May 2024]
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