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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Athens
By Richard E. Miller, May 19, 2011
Areopagus Hill Marker - with the Acropolis Hill in background
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Theorias Street north of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | [Left columns - text in Greek]
[Right columns - text in English]
The Areopagus, a rocky outcrop approximately 115 m. high is situated between three other hills, the Acropolis, the Pnyx, and the Kolonos Agoraios. Its name . . . — — Map (db m47716) HM |
| On Theorias Street 0.3 kilometers north of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | [Marker text printed in both Greek and English scripts:]
The Acropolis and its monuments, universal symbols of the classical spirit and culture, form the greatest architectural and artistic whole that Greek Antiquity has bequeathed to . . . — — Map (db m43648) HM |
| Near Theorias Street north of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | English Text:
A. The Propylaia
The Propylaia, the monumental entrance of the sanctuary of the Acropolis, was built at the west edge of the hill in the frame of the building programme of Perikles. The building's . . . — — Map (db m85103) HM |
| Near Theorias Street north of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | English Text:
A. The sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia
After passing through the Propylaia, the sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia, the so-called Brauronion, lies to the right of the processional way of the Acropolis. It was . . . — — Map (db m85203) HM |
| Near Adrianou at Agiou Filippou. |
| | ΝΑΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΓΙΟΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ (περίπου 1000 μ.Χ.)
(Text in Greek on the left side. To read . . . — — Map (db m126138) HM |
| Near Adrianou at Agiou Filippou. |
| | ΩΛΕΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ ΚΑΙ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ Ή "ΑΝΑΚΤΟΡΟ ΤΩΝ . . . — — Map (db m126134) HM |
| Near Adrianou at Agiou Filippou. |
| | ΣΤΟΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ (156-138 π.X.)
(Text in Greek on the left side) English:
The Stoa, on the east side of the Ancient Agora, was the gift of Attalos . . . — — Map (db m126105) HM |
| Near Adrianou at Agiou Filippou. |
| | ΝΑΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ ΠΑΤΡΩΟΥ. ΝΑΟΣ ΔΙΟΣ ΦΡΑΤΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ . . . — — Map (db m126136) HM |
| On Adrianou just from Agiou Filippou. |
| | A Doric peripteral temple, with pronaos (fore-temple), cella (inner shrine), and opisthonaos (rear wing), the best preserved of its type in the Greek world. The facade of the pronaos and opisthonaos, to the east and west, . . . — — Map (db m126052) HM |
| Near Theorias Street north of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The large Archaic temple to the south of the Erechtheion, which today preserves only its foundations, was called the "Old Temple" according to epigraphic evidence. Dedicated to Athena Polias, the patron deity of the city, it housed the . . . — — Map (db m85232) HM |
| On Sellei just from Lisikratous, on the right when traveling south. |
| | ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΟΔΟΣ ΤΡΙΠΟΔΩΝ - ΧΟΡΗΓΙΚΟ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΟ . . . — — Map (db m126106) HM |
| Near Dionysiou Areopagitou just from Mitseon, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Η αρχαιολογική αναδκαφή
(Text in Greek above. To read it enlarge the marker image.) English:
The remains of a neighborhood . . . — — Map (db m126107) HM |
| Near Theories near Panos. |
| | Η ΠΕΡΙΟΧΜ ΝΟΤΙΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΑΣ ΑΓΟΡΑΣ
(Text in Greek on the left side. To read it . . . — — Map (db m126109) HM |
| On Adrianou just from Kinetou, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Η ΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΗ ΠΛΕΥΡΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΑΣ ΑΓΟΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΣΤΟΑ . . . — — Map (db m126133) HM |
| Near Theorias Street north of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | English Text:
The elegant building of the Ionic order is called, according to later literary sources, Erechtheion from the name of Erechtheus, the mythical king of Athens. The construction started before the outbreak of the . . . — — Map (db m85173) HM |
| On Panos Street just from Tholou Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The house at 22 Panos Street is a two-storey house, with a simple, traditional architecture, built at the beginning of the 19th century. The building has a ground (entrance) floor and an upper storey. It was restored by the Ministry of Culture, in . . . — — Map (db m126065) HM |
| On Pikilis just from Vrisakiou, on the left when traveling west. |
| | H ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΤΑΙΝΟΥ
(Text in Greek on the left side. To read it enlarge the marker image.) English:
The . . . — — Map (db m126111) HM |
| Near Theorias Street north of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | English Text
The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to Athena Parthenos (Virgin). It is built in the Doric order and made of white Pentelic marble with a width of 30.86 meters, a length of 69.51 meters and a height of 15 meters. It has an . . . — — Map (db m85214) HM |
| Near Theorias Street north of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | English Text:
The colossal bronze statue of Athena, known as Athena Promachos, dominated in the area between the Propylaia and the Erechtheion, to the left of the visitor walking along the processional way of the Acropolis. It was made . . . — — Map (db m85182) HM |
| Near Adrianou at Agiou Filippou. |
| | This monumental water clock was constructed at the end of the 4th cent. B.C. in a prominent location at the southwest corner of there Agora square, on the street leading from the Agora up to the Pnyx. Water was drawn by a stone drain. The device was . . . — — Map (db m126058) HM |
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