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Modern Description: Zeus Sanctuary: the oldest known sanctuary of Zeus in Attica, located on the hill of Nymphs below Ag. Marina church and dated from the Archaic to the Roman period. Rock-cut inscriptions on the southern slope mark the limit of his precinct. Only cuttings in the rock survive, and the site is fenced/locked (2018).
[Judith Binder: Zeus: Two rock-cut boundary markers, on the eastern spur of the Hill of the Nymphs opposite 5 Otryneon St.; SEG_50 86 (2000). Boundary marker of Zeus, late 6th c. B.C. - - - IG I³ 1055A = IG I² 863; B. D. Meritt, “Greek Inscriptions,” Hesperia 26 (1957) 90-91; Threatte, L. 1980, 53; Ritchie Jr., C. E. 1985, 163-167 with pl. 30, fig. 26 and 538-542 with pl. 101, suppl. fig. 13; [extremely probably] for Zeus Meilichios, G. V. Lalonde, “IG I³ 1055A and B: Zeus on the Hill of the Nymphs,” AJA 100 (1996) 343;]
Trismegistos Geo: 364

Info: A.E.

(Aspa Efstathiou, ToposText volunteer)

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