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Older Propylaea

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Chris de Lisle

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Apr 30, 2024 05:46 PM — History

A gateway at the western end of the Acropolis of Athens, which replaced the Mycenaean gateway in the 480s BC and was destroyed in the Persian Sack of 480 BC, while still under construction. It might have been rebuilt in the 460s BC, but was replaced by the Mnasiklean Propylaea from 437 BC.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/832255772

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.971738459, 23.7251040538

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Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: Propylaia (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Associated Modern Names:
- Older Propylaea (English, unspecified date range)

Older Propylaea makes connections with:

Older Propylaea located on Acropolis of Athens (550 BC - 330 BC)

Older Propylaea receives connections from:

Propylaea at Athens succeeds Older Propylaea (550 BC - 330 BC)

Place type:
gateway

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Older Propylaea: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/832255772> [accessed: 20 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/832255772 |title=Places: 832255772 (Older Propylaea) |author=de Lisle, C. |accessdate=December 20, 2024 8:55 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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