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105: 20: 28: 254: 203: 662: 323:'s Walsh Family Hall of Architecture features a tower crowned by a replica of the Choragic Monument. There is also a replica on top of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont. It was constructed in 1842 and designed by architect Henry Searle. With open bays between the columns, it serves as a bell tower for the church. 101:
Athens directed, Euainetos was archon". It stands now in its little garden on the Tripodon Street ("Street of the Tripods"), which follows the line of the ancient street of the name, which led to the Theater of Dionysus and was once lined with choragic monuments, of which foundations were discovered in excavations during the 1980s.
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to Dionysus. Immediately below the architrave and between the column capitals is a second frieze depicting the choragic tripods. The monument is inscribed "Lysikrates son of Lysitheides of Kikynna was sponsor, Akamantis was victorious in the boys’ competition, Theon was pipe-player, Lysiades of
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cleared the rubble from the half-buried monument and searched the area for missing architectural parts. In 1876–1887, the architects François Boulanger and E. Loviot supervised a restoration under the auspices of the French government.
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on its exterior. It was originally crowned with an elaborate floral support for the bronze tripod, the prize awarded to Lysicrates' chorus. The sculpture on the frieze is thought to depict the
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Barbara Kowalzig, Peter Wilson (eds), Dithyramb in Context (2013), p. 46. See also Herbert F. De Cou, "The Frieze of the Choragic Monument of Lysikrates at Athens",
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recognizing a living architect whose work exemplifies the values of traditional and classical architecture in a contemporary built environment. The
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stayed at the monastery during his second visit to Greece. In 1818, friar Francis planted in its gardens the first
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vandalised the monument with spray paint, writing: "Your Greek monuments are concentration camps for immigrants".
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offered the structure to an Englishman on tour, but it proved to be too cumbersome to disassemble and ship.
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on the exterior of a building. It has been reproduced widely in modern monuments and building elements.
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J. R. McCredie, "The 'Lantern of Demosthenes' and Lysikrates, son of Lysitheides, of Kikynna," in
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The circular structure, raised on a high squared podium, is the first Greek monument built in the
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in Melbourne where it forms a crowning element at the top of the memorial's pyramid-like roof.
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in Maine was inspired by the monument. It was adapted for Civil War memorials and capped many
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in New York City in 1902. A bronze miniature of the Choragic Monument is handed out for the
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A. Khoremi-Spetsieri, “Η οδος των Τριπόδων και τα χορηγικά μνημεία στην αρχαία Αθήνα,” in
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A classical and topographical tour through Greece, during the years 1801, 1805, and 1806
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plants in Greece. In 1821 the convent was burned by the Ottomans during the
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The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts
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had established its original purpose. The young British architects
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designed by architects Charles and Arthur Stoughton and erected on
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negotiated unsuccessfully for the monument, by then an icon in the
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Remains of the Acharnian Road, Acharnian Gate and Cemetery Site
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published the first measured drawings of the monument in their
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Famous British versions of the Choragic Monument include the
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Lysicrates, a wealthy patron of musical performances in the
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Buildings and structures completed in the 4th century BC
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The Archaeology of Athens and Attica under the Democracy
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House of Saint Philothei/Benizelos-Palaiologos mansion
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Acropolis
Athens
choregos
Theater of Dionysus
dithyramb
City Dionysia
liturgist
Corinthian order
Corinthian order
myth
Dionysus
Homeric Hymn

Corinthian capital
French
Capuchin monastery
monastery
monument
Demosthenes
Jacob Spon
James "Athenian" Stuart
Nicholas Revett
English landscape gardens
Lord Byron
tomato
Greek War of Independence
monks
Lord Elgin

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