Philopappos Monument

The Philopappos Monument is a tomb monument that can be seen from afar on the Muses' Hill southwest of the Acropolis of Athens . It was built by the Athenians between 114 and 119 AD in honor of Gaius Iulius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappus , an exiled prince of Commagene and benefactor of the city.

The building made of Pentelic marble originally had a floor area of ​​around 9 m × 9 m, but it collapsed except for the north facade. In the 15th century it seems to have been largely undamaged, as Cyriacus of Ancona , who traveled to Greece between 1412 and 1445, has handed down its inscriptions. The preserved part of the grave monument shows the headless seated statues of Philopappus (in the middle) and his ancestor Antiochus IV (left), including a relief depicting a triumphal procession.

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  at the Philopappos Monument

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  Philopappos Monument on the Muses Hill

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  from the Acropolis

literature

• Diana EE Kleiner: The monument of Philopappos in Athens . Bretschneider, Rome 1983, ISBN 88-85007-68-6 (Archaeologica, 30).

Web links

• Philopappos Monument

Coordinates: 37 ° 58 ′ 2 ″  N , 23 ° 43 ′ 17 ″  E