Sanctuary of Akamas
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Apr 10, 2024 10:12 AM
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History
A sanctuary in Athens, dedicated to the hero Akamas, son of Theseus, which served as the central place for the tribe Akamantis. The findspot of an inscription in Plateia Devaki, Kallithea may indicate the sanctuary's location.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/122735558
37.95636, 23.70305
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: Google Earth Location: N corner of Plateia Davaki (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀκάμαντος (hieròn toû Akámantos: Ancient Greek, 400 BC - 301 BC)
- Sanctuary of Akamas located at Athenae (550 BC - 330 BC)
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findspot, place of finding, shrine
Pleiades
Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Sanctuary of Akamas: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/122735558> [accessed: 30 April 2024]
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