Preclassical naiskos in the Parthenon
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors:
Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Feb 12, 2025 05:33 PM
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History
A small shrine with an altar built before 480 BC on the Acropolis of Athens. The northern colonnade of the Parthenon was built around this shrine, preserving it in situ. It is unknown what cult it housed.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/21797994
37.97163, 23.72665
- Representative Locations:
- Google Earth location (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Preclassical naiskos in the Parthenon located on Acropolis of Athens (550 BC - AD 300)
- Preclassical naiskos in the Parthenon part of (physical/topographic) Parthenon (550 BC - AD 300)
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shrine
- See Further:
Pleiades
Chris de Lisle, and Tom Elliott, 'Preclassical naiskos in the Parthenon: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/21797994> [accessed: 25 March 2025]
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