The Tholos of Athens and its predecessorsThis detailed account of excavations centered on the Tholos reveal this important building to have been the headquarters of the prytaneis, leading Athenian councillors. The book surveys the earlier buildings on the site, dating from the 6th century B.C., before focusing on the round building itselfa remarkably stable structure that was used for almost one thousand years. The Tholos itself was a surprisingly unpretentious structure with an inner diameter of less than 17 meters. Its walls were of crude brick resting on three or more courses of poros blocks. There was a main door on the east and a small door leading to a kitchen to the north. |
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Acropolis limestone Agora angle antefix archaic buildings Areopagus bedrock beneath black-figured Black-glazed boundary stone broken brown clay Building F century after Christ century before Christ channel construction course courtyard diameter doorway Doric Doric Propylon drain earlier eaves tiles edge enclosure wall euthynteria evidence excavations Exedra fifth century filling floor level foundations fountain fragmentary fragments glaze Height Hesperia inside irregular Kitchen Kolonos krater kylix later lekythos marble Metroon monument mortar north wall oinochoe Old Bouleuterion original ostraka packing palmettes Pausanias period pieces pipe porch poros pottery pottery found preserved presumably probably Propylaia Propylon prytaneis re-used rectangular Red-figured remain in place restored roof tiles round building skyphos slabs southeast southwest corner square stringcourse stylobate suggests surface terracotta thick third century Tholos precinct Tholos wall trace trench upper vases votive deposit wall blocks West Branch width
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| Title | The Tholos of Athens and its predecessors Volume 4 of Hesperia Supplement Volume 4 of Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.).: Supplement American excavations in the Athenian Agora Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.). 4 The American Excavations in the Ahenian Agora. Hesperia: Supplement Volume 4 of Hesperia / The American Excavations in the Athenian Agora: Supplement |
| Author | Homer A. Thompson |
| Publisher | American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1940 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | Mar 16, 2009 |
| Length | 160 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / Greece |
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