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THE HEROON
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Fig. i. The Heroon. Restored
THE HEROON AT ASSOS
DIRECTLY against the western wall of the Bazaar
was built a small prostyle Doric temple or mauso-
leum which was evidently of much later date. The
marble epistyle with the names of the occupants was found,
Fig. 2, and this is now in the Museum at Boston. The plan
is peculiar in that, for economy, the western wall of the Bazaar
was used to form one wall of the Heroon. This throws the
front pediment out of centre with the building. (See plan,
Page 77, Fig. 3.) The epistyle, tympanum shield in pedi-
ment, triglyph course of front, and capitals of columns were
all of white marble, while the rest of the building was of or-
dinary Acropolis stone. Probably this, like the other buildings
around the Agora, had been covered with white stucco. The
epistyle bore the following inscription (Fig. 2) : —
'() 8^/J.OS
KaXXicrflepei 'H <f>aiaToyevov<s rjpojL.
[*O] &rjp.o$
[KaXXicrdAet 'H^aia^royevovs </>tXo77aT[piSi],
r'lpaji. evepyerrp
['O Stj/aos] ’Apicrna H[^>aioTO-yepov$].
“The people to the hero Kallisthenes, son of Hephaistogenes.”
“The people to the hero-benefactor, lover of his country, Kallis-
thenes, son of Hephaistogenes.”
“ The people to Aristias, son of Hephaistogenes.”
Evidently the occupants had performed some public service
which entitled them to burial within the city walls. There
were traces of metal gratings between the columns. In the
porch at the right, next the wall, was a base which may have
supported a tablet describing the deeds of the heroes. Inside
were found fragments of two limestone sarcophagi. In the
rear wall, opposite the entrance, were niches, possibly for urns
or votive offerings. The vestibule had a stone ceiling with
flat, roughly cut coffers ; holes in the stone cornice-blocks in-
dicated the position of the wooden ceiling beams.
The Doric capital (Page 11 3, Fig. 1) shows a late form with
rude decorative tooling, which was, however, very effective.
On the inside wall next the Bazaar were remains of stucco,
lined off in imitation of stone blocks and colored yellow and
red. (Page 113, Fig. 2.)
Fig. 3. Cross Section through Heroon
Existing Condition
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Fig. i. The Heroon. Restored
THE HEROON AT ASSOS
DIRECTLY against the western wall of the Bazaar
was built a small prostyle Doric temple or mauso-
leum which was evidently of much later date. The
marble epistyle with the names of the occupants was found,
Fig. 2, and this is now in the Museum at Boston. The plan
is peculiar in that, for economy, the western wall of the Bazaar
was used to form one wall of the Heroon. This throws the
front pediment out of centre with the building. (See plan,
Page 77, Fig. 3.) The epistyle, tympanum shield in pedi-
ment, triglyph course of front, and capitals of columns were
all of white marble, while the rest of the building was of or-
dinary Acropolis stone. Probably this, like the other buildings
around the Agora, had been covered with white stucco. The
epistyle bore the following inscription (Fig. 2) : —
'() 8^/J.OS
KaXXicrflepei 'H <f>aiaToyevov<s rjpojL.
[*O] &rjp.o$
[KaXXicrdAet 'H^aia^royevovs </>tXo77aT[piSi],
r'lpaji. evepyerrp
['O Stj/aos] ’Apicrna H[^>aioTO-yepov$].
“The people to the hero Kallisthenes, son of Hephaistogenes.”
“The people to the hero-benefactor, lover of his country, Kallis-
thenes, son of Hephaistogenes.”
“ The people to Aristias, son of Hephaistogenes.”
Evidently the occupants had performed some public service
which entitled them to burial within the city walls. There
were traces of metal gratings between the columns. In the
porch at the right, next the wall, was a base which may have
supported a tablet describing the deeds of the heroes. Inside
were found fragments of two limestone sarcophagi. In the
rear wall, opposite the entrance, were niches, possibly for urns
or votive offerings. The vestibule had a stone ceiling with
flat, roughly cut coffers ; holes in the stone cornice-blocks in-
dicated the position of the wooden ceiling beams.
The Doric capital (Page 11 3, Fig. 1) shows a late form with
rude decorative tooling, which was, however, very effective.
On the inside wall next the Bazaar were remains of stucco,
lined off in imitation of stone blocks and colored yellow and
red. (Page 113, Fig. 2.)
Fig. 3. Cross Section through Heroon
Existing Condition