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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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: 4th-century BC tomb sculpture in Amphipolis, Macedonia, northern Greece
  • Also known as: “Amphipolis Lion”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Struma River and Museum of Amphipolis.

River
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The Struma or Strymonas is a river in and . Its ancient name was Strymon. Its drainage area is 17,330 km in and . It takes its source from the in , runs first westward, then southward, forming a number of gorges, enters near the village of in eastern .

Museum
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The Archaeological is a in , , . It is located in the archaeological site of ancient , near River Strymon at close range of the – national highway and within the walls of the ancient city itself. is situated 2½ km north of Lion of Amphipolis.

Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Argilos was a city of ancient Macedonia in the district Bisaltia, between and Bromiscus. It was founded by a colony from . It appears from Herodotus to have been a little to the right of the route of the army of Xerxes I took in its invasion of Greece in the Greco-Persian Wars, and must therefore have been situated a little inland. is situated 3½ km southwest of Lion of Amphipolis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nea Kerdylia and Amphipolis.

Village
is a village in the , in , . It is located on the national road Thessaloniki - Alexandroupolis and is 50 km away from , 70 km from .

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was an important ancient Greek polis, and later a Roman city, whose large remains can still be seen. It gave its name to the modern municipality of , in the of .

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Lion of Amphipolis.

Lion of Amphipolis

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”
  • 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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