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Meton's sundial? (Athens) 2 Pnika - ηλιοτρόπιον

ἡλιοτρόπιον - Meton's sundial?, Rock cuttings for sacred enclosure above Pnyx assembly, sundial of 433 BCE not visible

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Latitude: 37.971200
Longitude: 23.719100
Confidence: Medium

Greek name: ἡλιοτρόπιον
Place ID: 380237BMeS
Time period: C
Region: Attica
Country: Greece
Department: Athens C
Mod: Pnika

Modern Description: Sundial (heliotropion) built by Meton the mathematician and calendar expert, mentioned by scholiast to Aristophanes Birds 997, who dates it to the archonship of Apeudes (433/2 BCE) and places it near the [city] wall. The rock cuttings for a substantial wall surrounding a rock outcropping, currently labeled for the sundial, are probably for something else.
[Judith Binder: Meton: Sundial on the Pnyx by the wall at the Assembly Place: schol. Ar. Av. 997; rock-cut beddings tentatively assigned, Kourouniotis, K. and H. A. Thompson 1932, 207-11, figs. 66-67, pl. 1;]
Trismegistos Geo: 364

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Meton's sundial? (Athens) 2 Pnika - ηλιοτρόπιον

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