Памятник Лисикрата, Древнегреческий памятник в Плаке, Греция
Хорагический monument Лисикрата is an ancient structure in Plaka, the oldest neighborhood of Athens, built from Pentelic and Hymettian marble. The circular form rests on a square base and supports six slender columns that carry a continuous frieze decorated with relief carvings.
Lysicrates commissioned the structure after winning a theatrical contest in 334 before the common era. Capuchin friars later incorporated it into their monastery and used the interior as a study room.
The monument stands along the ancient Street of Tripods, where wealthy sponsors displayed bronze tripods received as prizes for theatrical performances.
The structure stands in a small square at the junction of three lanes southeast of the Acropolis. Visitors reach it on foot through the narrow streets of Plaka, passing shops and taverns.
A bronze tripod that Lysicrates received as his prize once crowned the roof. That element disappeared over the centuries, while the marble structure has survived to this day.
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