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    The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates near the Acropolis of Athens was erected by the choregos Lysicrates, a wealthy patron of musical performances in the...
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    is a 42 ft (13 m) tall round tower, modeled after the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, that sits on a square pedestal-like structure. The tower contains...
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    order on the exterior of a structure, is the circular Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, erected c. 334 BC. A Corinthian capital carefully buried...
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    Areopagus Aristotle's Lyceum Dipylon Hadrian's Library Monument of Lysicrates Philopappos Monument Platonic Academy Remains of the Acharnian Road, Acharnian...
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    large number of memorials of this kind. One of these, the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, erected by him to commemorate his victory in a dramatic contest...
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    Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Arch of Hadrian (Αψίς του Ανδριανού), Temple of Olympian Zeus (Ναός του Ολυμπίου Διός), Pnyx (Πνύκα), Philopappos Monument (Μνημείο...
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    patronage of Dionysius II of Syracuse. Choregos Lysicrates is remembered today because of the monument still standing in Athens erected in honor of the...
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    subsequently introduced into the bed-mould of the cornice of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates it is much smaller in its dimensions. In the later temples of Ionia...
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  • Lantern of Demosthenes may refer to: Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, a monument near the Athens Acropolis or a structure elsewhere based on it Lantern...
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    basement, a reinterpretation of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. The architects sited the monument on a series of stepped terraces surrounded...
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    Monument of Lysicrates at Athens, i.e. shortly before 334 BC. The generally accepted view today is that which places the construction of the monument...
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    governed the design of temples". No Greek tholos except the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates remains anything like intact, with most known only by excavation...
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  • Richard Driehaus (category DePaul University alumni)
    (the Pritzker is a medal and the Driehaus is a miniature Choragic Monument of Lysicrates), and, until 2008, both were the same monetary prize amount. The...
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    attack on certain liturgical expenditures (for example, the monument erected by Lysicrates as choregos in 335/334) of which the extravagant nature could...
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    oldest known building built according to this order is the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, constructed from 335 to 334 BC. The Corinthian order...
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    crowned with an elaborate lantern patterned after the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. This first capitol building burned on December 14, 1849, little...
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    the top of the memorial's ziggurat roof is based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. Constructed using Tynong granite, the building once consisted only...
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    classical example — for example, the cupola is based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates — but is a unique building styled to fit the site. It was to be...
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    a "Swiss Cottage" that hosted a Welsh harpist and a copy of Lysicrates' Choragic Monument from Athens. After the 15th Earl died in 1827, he was succeeded...
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    the Parthenon Agora Arch of Hadrian Areopagus Kerameikos Lysicrates monument Philopappos monument Pnyx Temple of Hephaestus Temple of Olympian Zeus Tower...
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    character of the building. The lantern is a reference to the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens and is a gesture to the classical origins.The tower is...
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    Oxbow Books, ISBN 9781789257823, google books Beresford, James (2015). "A Monument to the Winds". Navigation News. London: Royal Institute of Navigation....
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    Today he is principally remembered for the manner of his death, and monuments to him stand in Pimlico, Chichester Cathedral, and Liverpool. In 1982...
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    used for growing oranges. In the 1830s, a copy of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens was placed at the end of the Broad Walk. Gardens were...
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    Kyriakos Pittakis (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    the wall of the Church of the Agia Kyra Kandili near the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, along with a dedication to Hestia, which he took to indicate an...
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  • impacts. The award itself is a bronze miniature of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, known as the first use of the Corinthian order on the outside of...
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    Nicholas Revett's Antiquities of Athens of the frieze on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. There is a flight of thirty-three steps the full width of the portico...
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    are purely artistic, some are commemorative, some are both. Some are monuments or memorials; some are also fountains and some are site-specific. In some...
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    Steven Ruttenbaum, the temples were patterned after the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. The base of the temple is quadrilateral and contains eight large...
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    decorative Corinthian columns. Its design was inspired by the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, made well-known by engravings. The architect was Thomas...
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