Preclassical naiskos in the Parthenon

shrine · 2000 AD – 2099 AD

A small shrine with an altar built before 480 BC on the Acropolis of Athens. The northern colonnade of the Parthenon was built around this shrine, preserving it in situ. It is unknown what cult it housed.

Coordinates

37.97163, 23.72665

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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