Ploutonion
Sign in to savethumb|Ploutonion at Hierapolis|Pluto's Gate ("Old Plutonion" adjacent to the Temple of Apollo) at [[Hierapolis]] A ploutonion (, lit. "Place of Plouton") is a sanctuary specially dedicated to the ancient Greek god Plouton (i.e., Hades). Only a few such shrines are known from classical sources, usually at locations that produce poisonous emissions and were considered to represent an entrance to the underworld.
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thumb|Ploutonion at Hierapolis|Pluto's Gate ("Old Plutonion" adjacent to the Temple of Apollo) at [[Hierapolis]] A ploutonion (, lit. "Place of Plouton") is a sanctuary specially dedicated to the ancient Greek god Plouton (i.e., Hades). Only a few such shrines are known from classical sources, usually at locations that produce poisonous emissions and were considered to represent an entrance to the underworld.
==Instances== At Eleusis, the ploutonion was near the north entrance to the sacred district (temenos). It was built by Peisistratos in the 6th century BC and rebuilt two centuries later, when the Eleusinian Mysteries were at the height of their influence. The cave was the traditional site of the birth of the Divine Child Ploutos.
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