Tholos of Athens
other · 550 BC – 2099 AD · location approximate
The so-called "Tholos" located on the west side of the Athenian Agora was a circular civic building that took the place of archaic-period buildings associated with the Peisistratid tyrants. The Classical tholos served as a civic dining hall for the prytany council.
- Coordinates
- 37.97487, 23.72194
- Also known as
- Tholos (grc), hē Skiás (grc), Θόλος (grc), ἡ Σκιάς (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)