Rhamnus
Rhamnus(see map: Greece and the Aegean world), an Athenian deme (rural district) of moderate size on the north-east coast of Attica, overlooking the narrow waters to the island of Euboea. It was the site of an important fort, constructed in the 5th cent. bc and enlarged in the 4th, on an acropolis by the coast and including a gymnasium and theatre within its walls. A road lined with a series of monumental tombs runs inland from this acropolis to the sanctuary of the goddess Nemesis with its two 5th-cent. temples. The late 5th-cent. temple of Nemesis is relatively well preserved, and it has been possible to reconstruct its entablature and a large part of the famous cult statue, attributed to the sculptor Agoracritus, with its base. Neolithic and late bronze-age finds have also been made at the sanctuary site. The epigraphic record from 5th–3rd-cent....
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