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Pnyx fountain

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Chris de Lisle

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling

Last modified Mar 16, 2024 10:36 AM — History

A rock-cut cistern on the southeast slope of the Pnyx hill in Athens, built in the late sixth century BC and supplied by the Peisistratid aqueduct. It received a mosaic floor in the second C AD. Dörpfeld identified it with the Enneakrounos fountain known from Classical literature, but this is disputed.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/136008628

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.9715081, 23.7208578

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Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Κρήνη "Καλλιρρόη" (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Uncertain: Ἐννεάκρουνος (Enneákrounos: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- Uncertain: Καλλιρρόη (Kallirrhóē: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
Associated Modern Names:
- Dörpfeldʼs Enneakrounos (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Pnyx fountain (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

Pnyx fountain makes connections with:

Pnyx fountain located on Pnyx (550 BC - AD 300)

Pnyx fountain receives connections from:

None

Place type:
fountain, cistern

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Pnyx fountain: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/136008628> [accessed: 26 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/136008628 |title=Places: 136008628 (Pnyx fountain) |author=de Lisle, C. |accessdate=December 26, 2024 10:13 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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