Kimoneia
The Kimoneia ( ancient Greek Κιμώνεια Μνήματα = Kimoneia monuments ) are a tomb and a number of unserviceable monuments on the north slope of the Muses' Hill in Athens . It is considered the tomb of the Olympian Kimon , the father of Miltiades the Younger .
Lore
Herodotus reports that the sons of Peisistratus had Kimon killed in Athens because they saw him as a danger to their rule. He found his final resting place in a tomb on Koile Street, which led from the Acropolis to Piraeus. His four horses, with which he won the Olympic Games in chariot races three times in a row , are said to have been buried opposite Kimon's grave. Around 330 BC BC was built near the Dipylon above the gates , a gate in Diateichisma . According to Plutarch , the remains of Kimon , the son of Miltiades and grandson of the Olympian Kimon, were transferred from Cyprus to Athens and buried here. However, it is believed that this is a mix-up with the older kimon. In addition to the Kimoneia, there are said to have been other graves from the Kimon family. Elpinike , the sister of the younger Kimon, and the historian Thucydides are said to be buried here . The biographer Markellinos reports that on Thucydides' grave there was a grave stele with the inscription Thucydides Olorou Halimousios is buried here .
description
The Kimoneia is a grave carved into the rock. A rectangular, horizontal opening about 1.50 meters high forms the entrance. In the small chamber there are only two equally sized grave shafts that are arranged across the entrance. Headrests were carved into the rock at the western end of the grave shafts. From this one can deduce the orientation of the dead in the grave. The grave shafts have a circumferential base on which the stone lid once rested. Above the entrance there is an inscription from the 3rd century that ascribes the tomb to a Zosimianos.
