Monument of the Eponymous Heroes
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The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes, located in the Ancient Agora of Athens
, Greece
and adjacently situated near the Metroon
(old Bouleuterion
), was a marble podium that bore the bronze statues of the ten heroes representing the tribes of Athens
. Being an important information center for the ancient Athenians, it was used as a monument where proposed legislation, decrees and announcements were posted.
Ancient Agora of Athens
The Ancient Agora of Athens is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and is bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Colonus Agoraeus.-History:The agora in Athens had private housing, until it...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and adjacently situated near the Metroon
Metroon
Metroon was the name given to a building dedicated to the mother goddess, Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter, in Ancient Greece.- Agora, Athens :...
(old Bouleuterion
Bouleuterion
A bouleuterion was a building which housed the council of citizens in Ancient Greece. There are several extant remains of Bouleuterions around Greece and former Greek territories of ancient times....
), was a marble podium that bore the bronze statues of the ten heroes representing the tribes of Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
. Being an important information center for the ancient Athenians, it was used as a monument where proposed legislation, decrees and announcements were posted.
Names of the ten heroes
- ErechtheusErechtheusErechtheus in Greek mythology was the name of an archaic king of Athens, the re-founder of the polis and a double at Athens for Poseidon, as "Poseidon Erechtheus"...
- AegeusAegeusIn Greek mythology, Aegeus , also Aigeus, Aegeas or Aigeas , was an archaic figure in the founding myth of Athens. The "goat-man" who gave his name to the Aegean Sea was, next to Poseidon, the father of Theseus, the founder of Athenian institutions and one of the kings of Athens.-His reign:Upon the...
(Theseus' father) - Pandion IIPandion IIIn Greek mythology, Pandion II was son and heir of Cecrops II, King of Athens. and his wife Metiadusa. He was exiled from Athens by the sons of his uncle Metion who sought to put Metion on the throne. Pandion fled to Megara where he married Pylia, daughter of King Pylas. Later, Pylas went into...
- Leos
- Acamas, son of TheseusAcamas, son of TheseusAcamas, the son of Phaedra and Theseus, and brother or half brother to Demophon, was a character in the Trojan War.-Mythology:After his father was exiled from Athens, he and his brother were sent to Euboea, where they grew to adulthood and allied themselves with Euboea's King Elephenor...
- OeneusOeneusIn Greek mythology, Oeneus, or Oineus was a Calydonian king, son of Porthaon and Euryte, husband of Althaea and father of Deianeira, Meleager, Toxeus, Clymenus, Periphas, Agelaus, Thyreus , Gorge, Eurymede, Mothone, Perimede and Melanippe...
- Cecrops IICecrops IICecrops II was the legendary or semi-legendary son of Pandion I and inherited the Athenian throne from his brother Erechtheus.Cecrops is said to have divided his territory into twelve districts; to which Strabo assigns the names Cecropia, Tetrapolis, Exacria, Decelea, Eleusis, Aphidna;, Thoricus,...
- Hippothoon
- AiasAIASAIAS can refer to:* Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences* American Institute of Architecture Students* Association Internationale Albert Schweitzer* Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies* AIAS College of Natural Medicine...
(Ajax) - Antiochus (a son of Heracles)