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[Agora Monument] Altar of the Twelve Gods

Religious Peisistratos the Younger Limestone Fair, foundations and sill and paving preserved ... 550-500 B.C ... Altar of the Twelve Gods ... Altar of the Twelve Gods

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Altar of the Twelve Gods

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Altar of the Twelve Gods Near the middle of the open square, somewhat to the north, lay the Altar of the Twelve Gods (Fig. 7), today largely hidden under the Athens–Piraeus railway (1891). A corner of ... Altar of the Twelve Gods Near the middle of the open square, somewhat to the north, lay the Altar of the Twelve Gods (Fig. 7), today largely hidden under the Athens–Piraeus railway (1891). ... Altar of the Twelve Gods, originally dated 522/1 B.C., with later rebuildings. ... Herodotos (2.7), when giving a distance in Egypt, tells us that it is as far from Heliopolis to the sea as it is from the Altar of the Twelve Gods in Athens to Olympia.

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[Agora Image] 2012.77.0277 (89-33-1)

Altar of Twelve Gods ... AMS For L. Gadberry. Horizontal (normal) ... Altar of Twelve Gods.

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[Agora Image] 2012.77.0278 (89-33-2)

Altar of Twelve Gods ... AMS For L. Gadberry. Horizontal (normal) ... Altar of Twelve Gods.