Klepsydra
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling
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Last modified
Apr 21, 2024 09:33 PM
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History
A spring located in a cave on the northwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, in use from the Late Neolithic period. It was built up in the Late Mycenaean period and converted into a rectangular fountain house with a paved court in the 460s BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/538107005
37.972194, 23.7248993
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Πηγή Κλεψύδρα (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Klepsydra located on Acropolis of Athens (unspecified date range)
- Klepsydra located near Cave of Apollo (unspecified date range)
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spring, fountain
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Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Klepsydra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/538107005> [accessed: 04 May 2024]
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