Herakles Alexikakos shrine? (Athens) 1 Hill of Nymphs NE
ἱερὸν Ἡρακλέους ἀλεξικάκου - Herakles Alexikakos?, shrine in Melite with famous statue of Herakles Averter of Evil, likely on Hill of the Nymphs above Zeus sanctuary, Athens
Works: 1
Latitude: 37.973490
Longitude: 23.719010
Confidence: Medium (20180303)
Place ID: 380237SHAl
Time period: ACHR
Region: Attica
Country: Greece
Department: Athens C
Mod: Hill of Nymphs NE
[Judith Binder: Herakles Alexikakos: Sanctuary in Melite with statue by Ageladas of Argos: schol. Ar. Ra. 501; [mistaken] location on the Areopagus southwest slope at the Bakcheion site, Travlos, J. 1971, 274-275, fig. 351; [Travlosʼ reconstruction is based on mutually supporting misinterpretations of three pieces of evidence: 1) an inscribed relief (Herakles Hrk43*), muddled up with 2) a cult table base (Part II no. 230), and 3) an inscription mentioning a road from the sanctuary of Herakles Alexikakos to the Agora (Part II no. 600)]; Kron, U. 62-63; Pollitt, J. J. 1990,33; LIMC IV, 1988, 746-747, 789 no. 1282, 791, s.v. Herakles (O. Palagia); Tagalidou, E. 1993, 7-41, 44-45; [doubtably] located “at the upper tier of the shrine of Zeus” on the east slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, Laionae, G. V. 2002, 297]
Trismegistos Geo: 364
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