Greater Propylaea of Eleusis

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Carole Raddato
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published on 03 January 2015

The Greater Propylaea at the Sanctuary of Eleusis (Greece) was a monumental gate probably built by Marcus Aurelius on the same site as an earlier gate from the time of Kimon, c. 170 CE - c. 180 CE.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the world in the footsteps of emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2015, January 03). Greater Propylaea of Eleusis. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3507/greater-propylaea-of-eleusis/

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