Athens Skiras sanct. (Attica) 9 Phaleron

Σκιράδος Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερόν - Athena Skiras, Important Athena sanctuary in Phaleron, unlocated (point at 18th c. Ag. Georgios ch.)
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Latitude: 37.933000
Longitude: 23.690200
Confidence: Nil

Greek name: Σκιράδος Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερόν
Place ID: 380237SAtS
Time period: ACHR
Region: Attica
Country: Greece
Department: Athens C
Mod: Phaleron

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Modern Description: The sanctuary was allegedly in an area called Oschophorion, from a custom of choosing young men to race with a bunch of grapes (osche) from the sanctuary of Dionysos in Athens to the sanctuary of Athena Skiras in Phaleron. By the chapel of Ag. Georgios, the oldest surviving church in Phaleron, traces of a Roman pier were discovered. The area was call Treis Pyrgoi (three towers) in Ottoman times.
Trismegistos Geo: 1731
Manto: 10956126

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