Kioniskos of the Dorcas

Excavation photo; in the center the Naiskos of Demetria and Pamphile, in the foreground the Kioniskos of the Dorkas

The Kioniskos of the Dorkas is a funerary monument in the ancient Athenian cemetery Kerameikos .

The Kioniskos of the Dorkas was found in 1863 in the area on the south path of the Kerameikos necropolis of Athens. The tomb was found at the Loutrophoros of Hegetor and the stele of Glykera in the tomb of Demetria and Pamphile . Further excavations by the Athens Archaeological Society under Athanasios S. Rhousopoulos were carried out in 1870, then in 1912 under Konstantinos Kourouniotis and finally by Wilfried K. Kovacsovics in 1982 .

After Demetrios von Phaleron (317 to 307 BC) passed the tomb luxury law, the Kioniskos was erected on a small stucco tumulus within the grave area that had been in use for some time . He is around the year 250 BC. Dated. The inscription names the deceased as Dorkas from Sikyon ( Greek  Δορκὰς Σικυωνία ). Dorkas means the gazelle in ancient Greek .

literature

• Jutta Stroszeck : The Kerameikos in Athens. History, buildings and monuments in the archaeological park. Bibliopolis, Athens 2014, ISBN 978-3-943741-04-9 , p. 179.

Remarks

1. ↑ Inventory number: Kerameikos Co 75
2. ^ Inscriptiones Graecae II² 10299 .

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