Plaka, 66
Plataia, Battle of (479 b.c.), 58, 60, 93, 101; de-
struction of Telesterion and, 106–7; oath
taken before, 64, 71, 72–73, 274; Zeus
Eleutherios and, 104
Plataians, 47, 48–49, 50, 51
Plato, 8, 10, 37–38, 62, 149, 267
Pliny, 113
Plutarch, 26, 62, 66, 98; on Kimon, 64, 65–
66; on Lykourgos, 144; on Odeion of Perikles,
100–101; Panathenaic ship and, 233; on
Perikles, 72, 73–74; on the Propylaia, 82– 83,
88–89; on Roman conquest of Athens, 184–
85; on silver mines, 140; as student in
Athens, 195; on Telesterion, 107–8
Pnyx Hill, 3, 5, 46–47, 313; plan of, 153; refur-
bishment of, 153–54; site summary of, 264;
speaker’s platform (bema), 132, 132, 153, 154
Polemon, 84
Polygnotos, 66, 68, 296
Polyperchon, 161
Pompeion, 135–37, 136, 263
Pompey, 183, 184
Pomponius Mela, 113, 314
Porto Raphti, 235, 280, 281, 282, 283, 283
Poseidon (god), 8, 14, 93, 95, 218; birth of
Athena and, 77–78; temple at Sounion, 55, 57,
108–11, 109, 110, 191, 244, 305, 305, 307–8
pottery, 23, 135, 180, 182, 220, 282; burial urns,
22; Geometric period, 22, 24; importation of,
23, 24; late Roman, 232; Neolithic, 291
Prasiai (deme), 281
Probalinthos (deme), 292
Probus (Roman emperor), 226
Procopius, 235
Prometheus (mythical), 24, 125
Propylaia, 83, 86–88, 193, 225; building of, 74,
82–90; in Frankish period, 241, 241; incom-
pletion of, 116, 117; plan of, 84; replica of, 211,
211–12; in Turkish (Ottoman) period, 243, 243
Prytaneion, 27, 147
Ptolemies of Egypt, 161, 167–68, 179, 282
Pylos, 19, 20
Pytheas of Alopeke, 159
Pythis, 281
pyxides (cosmetics boxes), 22, 22, 23
Regilla (wife of Herodes Atticus), 217, 220–21,
293
Res Rusticae (Varro), 177
Rhamnous (deme), 8, 14, 55, 57, 272; Christian
zealots and, 238; excavations at, 271, 303; for-
tifications at, 129, 151; sanctuary of Nemesis
at, 112–14, 113–14, 169, 193–94; site sum-
mary of, 301–3, 302–3; theater at, 146
Rheitoi (lakes), 130–31
Roman Agora (market of Caesar and Augustus),
5, 192–93, 194, 203, 224; gate of Athena
Archegetis, 193, 193; plan of, 192
Roman baths, 205, 206–7
Roman Empire, 184, 223
Roman period, 100, 170, 183–85, 186, 206, 314;
burial customs in, 198–99; Egyptian gods in,
220; Erechtheion in, 99; Kerameikos in, 262,
263; Parthenon in, 82; sanctuary of Demeter
in, 284; Telesterion in, 108, 213; temple of
Nemesis in, 169; theater of Dionysos in,
146
Royal Stoa, 25, 45, 46, 46, 260
Sacred Gate, 5, 7, 129, 135, 143, 263
Sacred Way, 8, 129– 31, 208, 210, 284; map of,
130; sanctuary of Aphrodite and, 130, 131
Salamis, Battle of (480 b.c.), 58, 61, 326
Salamis, island of, 6, 20, 57, 166, 324–26, 325
Samos, 29, 36, 174
Sanctuary of Artemis Agrotera, 105–6, 106
Sarapis (Egyptian god), 220
Sardis, 47, 57, 62
sculpture, 28, 28, 29, 31, 77–81, 206
Seleucid dynasty, 161, 170, 199
Servius Sulpicius, 198
Seven against Thebes, 14, 126, 323
Simonides, 39, 50–51
Skias. See Tholos
Skourta Plain, 320
Skyros, 64, 65–66
slavery, 26, 98, 128, 140, 308
338
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