Pallene (Attica)
Pallene (
Myth
The location is associated with a number of Greek myths. During the
At a later stage, Eurystheus died fighting against the Athenians and Heracleidae at Pallene and was buried in front of the temple of Athena Pallenis.[3][4][5]
According to myth, the
Location
Pallene was located near the Byzantine church of St. Stavros in the modern Athenian suburb of Gerakas.[7][8]
The road from Sphettus to Athens passed through the opening between
History
This location at the meeting point of several roads from the Mesogaea to Athens made Pallene strategically significant, and often occupied in military operations.
Between the monastery of Ieraka and the small village of Charvati, a celebrated inscription respecting money due to temples was discovered, and which was probably placed in the temple of Athena Pallenis.[12] In Ieraka there was also found the boustrophedon inscription of Aristocles, which probably also came from the same temple.[13] In one of the churches nearby, George Finlay found an inscription referring to one "Xeophanes of Pallene" (ΞΕΟΦΑΝΗΣ ΠΑΛΛΗΝΕΥΣ).
Sources
- Bultrighini, Ilaria. “Παραλία καì Μεσόγεια: ‘Coastalness’ and ‘Inlandness’ in the Ancient Greek World.” CHS Research Bulletin 1, no. 2 (2013). http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hlnc.essay:BultrighiniI.Paralia_kai_Mesogeia_Coastalness_and_Inlandness.2013
- Schlaifer, Robert. "The Cult of Athena Pallenis: (Athenaeus VI 234-235)." Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 54 (1943): 35-67. Accessed February 27, 2021. doi:10.2307/310911.
- ToposText: Pallene (Attica) 22 Stavros - Παλλήνη
- Platonos-Yota, M. (1997). "The Sanctuary of Athena Pallenis". Archaiologia. 65: 92–97.
References
- ^ Traill, J. "Places: 580051 (Pallene)". Pleiades. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Platonos-Yota 1997, p. 94.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Plutarch, Thes. 13; Philochor. ap. Schol. ad Eurip. Hippol. 35.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 1.62.
- ^ Herodotus 1.62
- ^ Böckh, Inscr. n. 76.
- ^ Böckh, n. 23.
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.