Pompeion
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The Pompeion was a major ancient Athenian building in the Kerameikos used as a ceremonial and logistical center for processions, especially those of the Panathenaic festival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pompeion canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Athenian building
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ceremonial building ⓘ logistical center ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Classical Greek architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athenian democracy
NERFINISHED
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Kerameikos city gate area NERFINISHED ⓘ Panathenaic festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Dipylon Gate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Panathenaic Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Sacred Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Athenian civic cult
ⓘ
Greek polytheism ⓘ |
| currentState | ruins ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Athenian civic religion ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Persian invasion of 480–479 BCE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | German Archaeological Institute at Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationSite | Kerameikos archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionedAs |
meeting place for procession participants
ⓘ
staging area for Panathenaic peplos procession ⓘ storage place for sacred vessels and equipment ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
banqueting facilities
ⓘ
colonnaded spaces ⓘ large courtyard ⓘ storage rooms ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
logistical center for processions ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | archaeological monument of Greece ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Athens
ⓘ
Attica NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerameikos NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
marble architectural elements
ⓘ
mudbrick ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greek word "pompe" (procession) ⓘ |
| near |
Dipylon cemetery area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
city walls of Athens ⓘ |
| partOf |
Athenian processional route
ⓘ
Kerameikos sanctuary complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rebuiltIn | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| significance | key monument for understanding Athenian processions ⓘ |
| studiedIn | classical archaeology ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Classical period of ancient Greece
ⓘ
Hellenistic period of ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Panathenaic festival processions
ⓘ
assembly point for processions ⓘ organization of civic rituals ⓘ religious processions ⓘ storage of procession equipment ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.