Classical Studies 2904A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dipylon Master, Sacred Gate, Boundary Marker

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2904A/B
• Professor: Catherine Pratt

Document Summary

Located along the sacred way as you pass out of the city through the dipylon gate: outside the city as people wanted to distance themselves from the dead. Why is it called the kerameikos : originally where smelly/smoky stuff took place (at the edge of town) like pottery manufacture. The dipylon gate led to the academy and the sacred gate led into the cemetery. Off the road that led to the academy were the tombs of heroes. The pompeion was the building used to get the procession ready before it started on the sacred way to the. When people began to excavate it they began to find monument intact. They did not believe it was the main cemetery until they found an ancient boundary marker: the discovery of this boundary stone with the inscription. The greek government knew that it was going to be a huge excavation.