Arrephorion

Site plan of the Acropolis at Athens - the Arrephorion is number 11.

The Arrephorion was a small building sited beside the north wall of the Acropolis of Athens and next to the wall of Pericles, identified in 1920 by the German architect Wilhelm Dörpfeld. It provided the lodgings for the Arrephoros, four noble Athenian girls who worked to prepare the peplos which would be used in the Panathenaic Games.

The building had a square floor with twelve meters a side which was composed of a single room which was about 38 metres squared with a portico that was four metres long. The courtyard had a rear exit via a staircase that connected with the temple of Aphrodite.

Its construction is dated at 470 B.C.

Coordinates: 37°58′20″N 23°43′33″E / 37.97222°N 23.72583°E / 37.97222; 23.72583

Acropolis of Athens

Extant structures	Parthenon Erechtheion Propylaea Temple of Athena Nike Odeon of Herodes Atticus Stoa of Eumenes Sanctuary of Asclepius Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus Aglaureion

Former structures	Pelasgic wall Hekatompedon temple Older Parthenon Old Temple of Athena Perserschutt Statue of Athena Promachos Statue of Athena Parthenos Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia Chalkotheke Pandroseion Arrephorion Altar of Athena Eleusinion Nike of Callimachus Sanctuary of Pandion Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus Odeon of Pericles Frankish Tower

People	Pericles Phidias Ictinus and Callicrates Mnesikles Lord Elgin

Museums	Acropolis Museum Old Acropolis Museum Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies Elgin Marbles at the British Museum

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.