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.
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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: 02 May 2024]
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