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Eurysakeion

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Chris de Lisle

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling

Last modified Mar 15, 2024 10:18 AM — History

A sanctuary dedicated to Eurysakes, son of Ajax on the Kolonos Agoraios in Athens, which served as the central sanctuary of the tribe Aiantis. It has not been located archaeologically, but the findspots of related inscriptions suggest it was somewhere southwest of the Hephaisteion.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79269910

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.97551645, 23.72131295

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Names:

Geographic Names:
- Εὐρυσάκειον (Eurusákeion: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)

Eurysakeion makes connections with:

Eurysakeion located near Hephaisteion (550 BC - AD 300)
Eurysakeion located on Kolonos Agoraios (550 BC - AD 300)

Eurysakeion receives connections from:

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Place type:
shrine

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Eurysakeion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79269910> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79269910 |title=Places: 79269910 (Eurysakeion) |author=de Lisle, C. |accessdate=November 21, 2024 5:54 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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