Monument of the Eponymous Heroes

monument · 550 BC – 2099 AD

A marble monument surrounded by a peribolos on the west side of the Athenian Agora, built ca. 350 BC, which supported bronze statues of the namesakes of the Athenian tribes (phylai): Erechtheus, Aigeus, Pandion, Leos, Akamas, Oineus, Kekrops, Hippothoon, Aias/Ajax, and Antiochos. Antigonos Monophthalmos and Demetrios Poliorketes were added in 308/7 BC and removed in 201/0 BC. Ptolemy III was added in 224/3 BC, Attalos I in 201/0 BC, and Hadrian around A.D. 125. The monument was used as the official noticeboard of the Athenian democracy.

Monument of the Eponymous Heroes
Coordinates
37.97507, 23.72239
Also known as
Fenced peribolos (en), Fenced peribolos (en), Periphragma (en), Periphragma (en), hoi epṓnumoi,hoi epṓnymoi (grc), οἱ ἐπώνυμοι (grc)
Dating
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Sources

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