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- The Dipylon (Gr****: Δίπυλον, "Two-Gated") was the main gate in the city wall of classical Athens. Located in the modern suburb of Kerameikos, it led to...
- Dipylon Kraters are Geometric period Gr**** terracotta funerary vases found at the Dipylon cemetery; near the Dipylon Gate, in Kerameikos. Kerameikos is...
- The Dipylon Amphora (also known as Athens 804) is a large Ancient Gr**** painted vase, made around 760–750 BC, and is now held by the National Archaeological...
- The Dipylon Master was an ancient Gr**** vase painter who was active from around 760–750 BC. He worked in Athens, where he and his workshop produced large...
- The Dipylon inscription is a short text written on an ancient Gr**** pottery vessel dated to c. 740 BC. It is famous for being the oldest, or one of the...
- area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River. It was the potters' quarter...
- limited to, funerary vases and symposium vases. Large funerary vases (often Dipylon kraters for men, and belly-handled amphorae for women) not only depicted...
- The stele was discovered in 1863 in the family plot of Dexileos at the Dipylon cemetery in the Kerameikos cemetery of Athens. It was found in situ, but...
- many gates, among the more important there were: On the West side: the Dipylon, the most frequented gate of the city, leading from the inner Kerameikos...
- became ceremonial, functioning from the Leokoreion, a building site at the Dipylon Gate. Linear B tablets that refer to the keryx mention the office in context...