Sacred Gate/Hiera Pyle
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors:
Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Apr 04, 2024 01:20 PM
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History
A gate in the Themistoklean city wall of Athens. The Sacred Way, leading out to Eleusis, and the River Eridanos passed through this gate.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/717754998
37.97806, 23.71856
- Representative Locations:
- ToposText Location: Sacred Gate (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ἱερὰ πύλη (Hierà púlē: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Sacred Gate (English, modern)
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- Gate III (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Sacred Gate/Hiera Pyle located at Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Sacred Gate/Hiera Pyle part of (physical/topographic) Themistoklean Wall (550 BC - AD 300)
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gate (of a city), city gate
Pleiades
Chris de Lisle, and Tom Elliott, 'Sacred Gate/Hiera Pyle: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/717754998> [accessed: 23 April 2025]
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