Arrephorion
Sign in to savethumb|right|250px|Site plan of the Acropolis at Athens - the Arrephorion is number 11. The Arrephorion or House of the Arrephoroi is a building conjectured to have been on the Acropolis of Athens based on a passage in Pausanias. The discovery of the foundations of a substantial building on the north-west edge of the Acropolis has led to the identification of this structure with the Arrephorion.
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- Acropolis of Athens
- Named after
- Arrhephoria
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Attica Region
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- Ancient Greece
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thumb|right|250px|Site plan of the Acropolis at Athens - the Arrephorion is number 11. The Arrephorion or House of the Arrephoroi is a building conjectured to have been on the Acropolis of Athens based on a passage in Pausanias. The discovery of the foundations of a substantial building on the north-west edge of the Acropolis has led to the identification of this structure with the Arrephorion.
Pausanias reports that:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arrephorion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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