Opisthodomos (Athens Acropolis) 6 Parthenon - Οπισθόδομος

ὀπισθόδομος - Opisthodomos, Rear chamber, in later yers of the Parthenon, used as treasury, on the Acropolis,
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Works: 6
Latitude: 37.971440
Longitude: 23.726370
Confidence: Medium

Greek name: ὀπισθόδομος
Place ID: 380237BOpi
Time period: CHR
Region: Attica
Country: Greece
Department: Athens C
Mod: Parthenon


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Modern Description: "It is not completely clear that the ""rear chamber"" used as the major Athenian treasury was the west room of the Parthenon, though it is taken to be such by later authors.
[Judith Binder: Opisthodomos: treasury on the Akropolis: IG I³ 52 A lines l5-16, 17 and B line 24; SEG_42 12 (1992) and 50 (2000) no. 38; Harris, D. 1995, 2, 4-5, 40-63, 204, 258; Μ. B. Hollinshead, “‘Adyton,' Opisthodomos,' and the Inner Room of the Greek Temple,” Hesperia 68 (1999) 210-213]
Trismegistos Geo: 57044"

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