- A
prytaneion (Ancient Gr****: Πρυτανεῖον, Latin: prytanēum) was seat of the
prytaneis (executive), and so the seat of
government in
ancient Greece. The...
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devoted to the games. To the
north of the
sanctuary can be
found the
Prytaneion and the Philippeion, as well as the
array of
treasuries representing the...
- of the Agora. The
Prytaneion, a
round building close to the Bouleuterion,
built c. 470 BC by Cimon,
which served as the
Prytaneion, in
which the Prytaneis...
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Olympia over the ages.
Areas of note: 2:
Prytaneion, 4: Temple of Hera, 5: Pelopion, 10: Stadium, 15: Temple of Zeus, 20: Gymnasium, 21: Palaestra, 26: Gr****...
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diameter is 265 feet, and held
about 6000 spectators. The
Bouleuterion or
prytaneion is well-preserved and has been
further restored. It was the capital's...
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firstly the
political district,
which consisted of the
bouleuterion and the
prytaneion; the
cultural district containing the theatre; the commercial,
where the...
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constructed two
buildings - the
Bouleuterion and the
Prytaneion -
though only
remains of the
Prytaneion are
still present. It is of
special notice that even...
- The
hearth of
every prytaneion and
domestic household was
sacred to the
goddess Hestia,
whose presence and cult
within the
prytaneion and
households justified...
- the Deipnosophistae,
writes that in
Naucratis the
people dined in the
Prytaneion on the
birthday of
Hestia Prytanitis.
Responsibility for Hestia's domestic...
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around Greece and its
former colonies. It
should not be
confused with the
Prytaneion,
which housed the
executive council of the ****embly and
often served as...
