{"id":698,"date":"2019-10-30T15:12:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T19:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/?page_id=698"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:30:31","slug":"choregic-monument-of-lysikrates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/choregic-monument-of-lysikrates\/","title":{"rendered":"Choregic Monument of Lysikrates"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"698\" class=\"elementor elementor-698 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-hrekgkh elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"hrekgkh\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bs3s3s4\" data-id=\"bs3s3s4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3apno4x elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3apno4x\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Choregic Monument of Lysikrates, near the Acropolis, was erected around 335\/334 BC by Lysikrates, a wealthy sponsor (choregos) of musical and dramatic performances at the Theater of Dionysus, to commemorate a victory in the dithyramb contest of the City Dionysia. It is the earliest known building to use the Corinthian order on its exterior, and it originally supported a bronze tripod, the prize awarded for that victory. It is sometimes known as the &#8220;Lantern of Demosthenes.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-vdhzc0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"vdhzc0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>[Editor&#8217;s note: this page&#8217;s title was corrected from &#8220;Cysikrates Museum,&#8221; an apparent typo\/mis-transcription of &#8220;Lysikrates.&#8221; No corresponding photo essay for this monument was found on the original people.hsc.edu site after checking the site index and the usual folder-naming patterns, so no images have been added here yet. 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