Bakcheion
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Chris de Lisle Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 01, 2025 05:27 PM
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History
A sanctuary to the west of the Acropolis of Athens, which was the clubhouse for a private religious association called the Iobakchoi, in the 2nd century AD.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/576630079
37.9715467172, 23.7214255816
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: archaeological site (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Βακχεῖον (Bakcheîon: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Bakcheion located at Athenae (30 BC - AD 300)
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Pleiades
Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, and Tom Elliott, 'Bakcheion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/576630079> [accessed: 11 February 2026]
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