Altar of Hieron II
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Contributors:
Jonathan Prag, Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 25, 2020 12:13 AM
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History
tags:
Zeus,
extant remains
A monumental altar built around the third century B.C. that was probably dedicated to Zeus Eleutherios. Remains of the altar are located in the archaeological area of Neapolis in Syracuse, Sicily.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/219478548
37.0734765, 15.277609
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the Altar of Hieron II (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Altar of Hiero II (English, modern)
- Altar of Hieron II (English, modern)
- Altare di Ierone (Italian, modern)
- Ara di Ierone (Italian, modern)
- Altar of Hieron II connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
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sanctuary (religious center), architectural complex
- See Further:
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- Arachne 8005395: Platzanlage am Altar des Hieron Συρακοῦσαι / Syrakousai / Syracusae, Syrakus (Provinz)
- Livius.org, Altar of Hiero
- Mertens, D. 2006. "La monumentalizzazione delle città." In Città e monumenti dei greci d'occidente, edited by D. Mertens and M. Schützenberger, 310-39. Rome: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider.
- Parisi Presicce, C. 2004. "Ecatombi nell’area dell’altare di Ierone II a Siracusa." In Nuove prospettive della ricerca sulla Sicilia del III sec. a.C. Archeologia, Numismatica, Storia. Atti dell’Incontro di Studio, Messina, 4-5 luglio 2002, edited by M. C
- Perseus, Altar of Hieron II
- Wikipedia (Italian) Ara di Ierone
- Related:
Pleiades
Valeria Vitale, Jonathan Prag, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Altar of Hieron II: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/219478548> [accessed: 26 April 2025]
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