Gargettus
Gargettus or Gargettos (
The road from Sphettus to Athens passed through the opening between
Between the monastery of Ieraka and the small village of Charvati (part of modern Pallini), a celebrated inscription respecting money due to temples was discovered, and which was probably placed in the temple of Athena Pallenis.[7] In Ieraka there was also found the boustrophedon inscription of Aristocles, which probably also came from the same temple.[8]
The Hellenistic philosopher Epicurus resided in Gargettus in the 3rd century BCE.
Historical monuments
- The church of St. George the «Chostos» hermitage of St. Timothy. A wall painting monument (1727) of George Markou the Argus,[9] the great and prolific post-Byzantine ecclesiastic iconographer of the 18th century. ("....Nel 1727, Marcou si trova di nuovo ad Atene, dove assume l’agiografia dei Templi di San Giorgio di Chostu (eremitaggio)...." Evangelos Andreou http://ketlib.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/ket/849
References
- ^ Plutarch, Thes. 13; Philochor. ap. Schol. ad Eurip. Hippol. 35.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.377. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. sub voce Γαργηττός.
- ^ πάροιθε παρθένου Παλληνίδος, Euripides, Heracl. 1031.
- ^ Böckh, Inscr. n. 76 (=IG I3 52).
- ^ Böckh, n. 23.
- ^ ".:BiblioNet : Γεώργιος Μάρκου ο Αργείος / Ανδρέου, Ευάγγελος". www.biblionet.gr. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attica". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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