Monument of the Eponymous Heroes

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Monument of the Eponymous Heroes

• Lin Guenther

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The beginnings

• 508 B.C. Cleisthenes creates ten tribes of
  Athens
• Tribes named after ancient heroes
• Eponymous giving ones name to a tribe or place.
• Oracle of Apollo at Delphi chose names from list

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The Agora
Source http//plato-dialogues.org/tools/agora.htm
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The monument as the central hub for public
announcements

• Proposed legislation
• Lawsuits
• Summons for military service

Source http//depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics
/dunkle/athnlife/epnymous.htm
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Model Monument of the Eponymous Heroes
Source http//flickr.com/photos/14122758_at_N06/1445
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The Heroes

• Erechtheus (Erechtheis)
• Aegeus (Aegeis)
• Pandion (Pandionis)
• Leos (Leontis)
• Acamas (Acamantis)
• Oeneus (Oeneis)
• Cecrops (Cecropis)
• Hippothoon (Hippothontis)
• Aiax (Aiantis)
• Antiochos (Antiochis)

The heroes had no significant relation to the
tribe which they represented.
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• Erechtheus
• Early king of Athens
• Raised by Athena
• Erechtheion named after him...
• Aegeus
• Father of Theseus
• Aegean Sea named after him
• Pandion
• Early king of Athens
• Father of Aegeus
• Leos
• Sacrificed his daughters for Athens
• Leocorium
• Acamas
• Son of Theseus
• Involved in Trojan War

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• Oeneus
• Son of Pandion
• Cecrops
• Founder of Athens
• Half man, half serpent
• First to sacrifice to Athena
• Hippothoon
• Son of Poseidon
• Ajax
• Great warrior
• Antiochos
• Son of Herakles

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Importance of ones tribe

• By tribe an Athenian would
• Be allotted to public office
• Vote
• Perform in coral dances in the theatre
• Compete in sacred games
• Serve in council
• Be conscripted
• Fight in battle

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Today
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Source http//depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics
/dunkle/athnlife/epnymous.htm
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Restructuring the Heroes

• Antigonos Demetrios
• Macedonian kings
• Added 307/6 B.C....removed end of 3rd Cent. B.C.
  due to war against Macedon
• Ptolemy III Euergetes 224-3 B.C.
• King Attalos 200 B.C.
• Hadrian 124/5 B.C.

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