Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates near the Acropolis of Athens was erected by the choregos Lysicrates, a wealthy patron of musical performances in the Theater of Dionysus, to commemorate the prize in the dithyramb contest of the City Dionysia in 335/334 BCE, of which performance he was liturgist.
Photo: Greenshed, Public domain.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient Greek choragic monument in Athens
- Also known as: “Lantern of Diogenes”, “Linterna de Lisicrates”, “Lizikratov spomenik”, “Lysikrates monument”, “Lysikratesdenkmal”, “Monument chorégique de Lysicrate”, “Monument des Lysikrates”, “Monumento coregico de Lisicrates”, “Monumento corégico de Lisícrates”, “monumento coregico di Lisicrate”, “Monumento de Lisicrates”, “Monumento de Lisícrates”, “spomenik Lizikrata”, “Φανάρι του Διογένη”, “Пам’ятник Лісікрата”, “リシクラテス記念碑”, and “呂西克拉特紀念碑”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Parthenon and Erechtheion.
Parthenon
Erechtheion
Theatre of Dionysus
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plaka and Anafiotika.
Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
- Categories: Choragic Monument, archaeological site, building, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.97108° or 37° 58′ 16″ north
Longitude
23.72994° or 23° 43′ 48″ east
Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)
Wheelchair access
no
Operator
Α‘ Εφορεία Προϊστορικών και Κλασικών Αρχαιοτήτων
Open location code
8G95XPCH+CX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Choragic Monument of Lysicrates” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب تشوراجيك ليسيكراتس”
- Armenian: “Լիսիկրանտեսի հուշարձան”
- Basque: “Lisikratesen monumentua”
- Belarusian: “Помнік Лісікрата”
- Catalan: “monument de Lisícrates”
- Catalan: “Monument de Lisícrates”
- Chinese: “雅典獎杯亭”
- Chinese: “雅典獎盃亭”
- Danish: “Lysikratesmonumentet”
- Dutch: “Monument van Lysicrates”
- Esperanto: “Monumento de Lisikrato”
- Finnish: “Lysikrateen muistomerkki”
- French: “monument de Lysicrate”
- French: “Monument de Lysicrate”
- German: “Lysikratesmonument”
- Greek: “Μνημείο Λυσικράτους”
- Greek: “Μνημείο του Λυσικράτη”
- Hebrew: “האנדרטה הכוראגית של ליסיקרטס”
- Hungarian: “Lüszikratész-emlékmű”
- Italian: “monumento coragico di Lisicrate”
- Italian: “Monumento coregico di Lisicrate”
- Japanese: “リスィクラトスのコラレス記念碑”
- Korean: “리시크라테스 기념비”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lysikratesmonumentet”
- Norwegian: “Lysikratesmonumentet”
- Polish: “Pomnik Lizykratesa”
- Russian: “Памятник Лисикрата”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lisikratov spomenik”
- Slovenian: “Lizikratov koregični spomenik”
- Spanish: “Linterna de Lisícrates”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Lisicrates”
- Swedish: “Lysikratesmonumentet”
- Turkish: “Lisikrat Anıtı”
- Ukrainian: “Хорегічний монумент Лісікрата”
- Urdu: “لائسیکریٹس کی خوراجک یادگار”
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