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Mouseion Hill

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Ryan Horne

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Apr 10, 2022 10:52 AM — History

A hill located near the acropolis of Athens. Pausanias discusses fortifications in the Hellenistic period; later the Philopappos Monument was built at the summit.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/968858713

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.9675643, 23.7221248

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OpenStreetMap location of Philopappos Hill (330 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Μουσεῖον (Mouseion: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Philopappu Hill (English, modern)

Mouseion Hill makes connections with:

Mouseion Hill part of (physical/topographic) Athenae (330 BC - 30 BC)

Mouseion Hill receives connections from:

Gate at Hag. Dimitrios Loumbardiaris/Gate XIV located on Mouseion Hill (unspecified date range)

Place type:
hill

References:

Evidence:

Paus. (Spiro: Perseus) 1.25.8

See Also:

Wikipedia (English) Philopappos Monument

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Ryan Horne, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Mouseion Hill: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/968858713> [accessed: 26 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/968858713 |title=Places: 968858713 (Mouseion Hill) |author=Horne, R. |accessdate=April 26, 2024 1:37 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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