The Athenian Prytaneion Discovered?

The author proposes that the Athenian Prytaneion, one of the city's most important civic buildings, was located in the peristyle complex beneath Agia Aikaterini Square, near the ancient Street of the Tripods and the Monument of Lysikrates in the modern Plaka. This thesis, which is consistent wi...

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Published inHesperia Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 33 - 81
Main Author Schmalz, Geoffrey C. R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Princeton American School of Classical Studies at Athens 01.01.2006
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA)
AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS
Subjects
Ancient cities
Archaeological sites
Archaeology
Architecture
Archon
Buildings
Buildings and facilities
City states
Colonnades
Dionysian mysteries
Excavations
Foot
Greek civilization
Historic buildings
Historic buildings & sites
Location
Memorials & monuments
Methods
Statues
Tripods
Greece
Athens Greece
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Summary:The author proposes that the Athenian Prytaneion, one of the city's most important civic buildings, was located in the peristyle complex beneath Agia Aikaterini Square, near the ancient Street of the Tripods and the Monument of Lysikrates in the modern Plaka. This thesis, which is consistent with Pausanias's topographical account of ancient Athens, is supported by archaeological and epigraphical evidence. The identification of the Prytaneion at the eastern foot of the Acropolis helps to reconstruct the map of Archaic and Classical Athens and illuminates the testimony of Herodotos and Thucydides.
ISSN:0018-098X
1553-5622
DOI:10.2972/hesp.75.1.33