Lion of Amphipolis

The Lion of Amphipolis is a 4th-century BC tomb sculpture near , , . According to Oscar Broneer and archaeologist Dimitris Lazaridis, the first person excavating in the area in the 1960s, it was set up in honour of Laomedon of Mytilene, an important general of Alexander the Great, king of Macedon.
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  • Monument
  • …is also known as “Amphipolis Lion”
  • Description: 4th-century BC tomb sculpture in Amphipolis, Macedonia, northern Greece

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Struma River and Museum of Amphipolis.
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The Struma or Strymonas is a river in and .
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The Archaeological is a in , , . is situated 2½ km north of Lion of Amphipolis.
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or Argilos was a city of ancient Macedonia… is situated 3½ km southwest of Lion of Amphipolis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nea Kerdylia and Amphipolis.
is a village in the , in , .
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was an important ancient Greek polis, and…
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km southwest of Lion of Amphipolis.

Lion of Amphipolis

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Latitude
40.80301° or 40° 48′ 11″ north
Longitude
23.84256° or 23° 50′ 33″ east
Open location code
8GG5RR3V+62
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1735126253
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q16328198

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Lion of Amphipolis” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Леў з Амфіпаліса”
  • Bulgarian: “Амфиполски лъв”
  • Bulgarian: “Лъвът на Амфиполис”
  • Catalan: “Lleó d’Amfípolis”
  • Danish: “Amfipolis Løve”
  • Finnish: “Amfipoliin leijona”
  • French: “Lion d’Amphipolis”
  • German: “Löwe von Amphipolis”
  • Greek: “Λέων Αμφιπόλεως”
  • Greek: “Λέων της Αμφιπόλεως”
  • Greek: “Λέων της Αμφίπολης”
  • Hindi: “अम्फिपोलिस का सिंह”
  • Indonesian: “Singa Amfipolis”
  • Italian: “Leone di Anfipoli”
  • Persian: “مجسمه شیر آمفیپولیس”
  • Russian: “Лев из Амфиполиса”
  • Spanish: “Leon de Anfipolis”
  • Spanish: “León de Anfípolis”
  • Swedish: “Amfipolis Lejon”
  • Ukrainian: “Лев з Амфіполіса”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Strymonas and Ιερός Ναός Αγίων Αναργύρων.

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