Monument of Kallimachos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Apr 30, 2024 05:46 PM
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History
A column topped by a winged female figure on the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated in 490 BC by the polemarch Kallimachos to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Marathon. It was destroyed in the Persian Sack of 480 BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/920967112
37.97184, 23.72697
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Monument of Kallimachos (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Nike of Kallimachos (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Monument of Kallimachos located on Acropolis of Athens (550 BC - 330 BC)
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Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Monument of Kallimachos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/920967112> [accessed: 20 November 2024]
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