CIRCE

Sanctuary of Athena

Title :

State:

Place : Ioulis

Place :

Town :

: Ioulis

Ancient location :

: Kea isl.

Ancient region :

Other toponyme (explanation):

GENERAL

Iulis is situated on a hill about 25 stadia from the sea, in the northern part of the island, on the same site as the modern Zea. The cult of Athena at Iulis is known by epigraphic and iconographic evidence. The exact site of the sanctuary of the goddess is not known.

MONUMENTS

There is no record for any kind of architectural remains.

MOVABLE FINDS: VOTIVE OFFERINGS & CULT EQUIPMENT

A votive inscription to Athena has been found on a base of a statue. A relief in parian marble possibly depicts the goddess enthroned, wearing an ionic chiton and an attic helmet and holdings a spear.

CHRONOLOGY

The inscription on the base of the statue date in the 525-500 BC. The relief date to the 5th c. BC.

IDENTIFICATION

Based on the epigraphic and iconographic evidence the goddess worshipped in Iulis was Athena.

REFERENCES

Secondary Publications:

Jeffery, H. 1990. The Local Scripts of Archaic Greece, Oxford, 297

Blassopoulos, K. 1998. Μαρμάρινο αναθηματικό ανάγλυφο από την Ιουλίδα, in L. Mendoni & A. Mazarakis Ainian (eds), Kea-Kythnos. History and Archaeology, Acts of an International Symposium, 22-25 June 1994, (MELETHMATA 27, ΚΕRΑ-ΕΙΕ), Αthens, 459-467.

Mermoz, J. 2010. La vie religieuse des Cyclades de l’HR IIIC à la fin de la période archaïque, Lyon, PhD Thesis, 289

GENERAL 
Iulis is situated on a hill about 25 stadia from the sea, in the northern part of the island, on the same site as the modern Zea. The cult of Athena at Iulis is known by epigraphic and iconographic evidence. The exact site of the sanctuary of the goddess is not known.
 
MONUMENTS
 There is no record for any kind of architectural remains.
 
MOVABLE FINDS: VOTIVE OFFERINGS & CULT EQUIPMENT
A votive inscription to Athena has been found on a base of a statue. A relief in parian marble possibly depicts the goddess enthroned, wearing an ionic chiton and an attic helmet and holdings a spear.
 
CHRONOLOGY
The inscription on the base of the statue date in the 525-500 BC. The relief date to the 5th c. BC.
 
IDENTIFICATION
Based on the epigraphic and iconographic evidence the goddess worshipped in Iulis was Athena.
 
REFERENCES
Secondary Publications:
 
Jeffery, H. 1990. The Local Scripts of Archaic Greece, Oxford, 297
Blassopoulos, K. 1998. Μαρμάρινο αναθηματικό ανάγλυφο από την Ιουλίδα, in L. Mendoni & A. Mazarakis Ainian (eds), Kea-Kythnos. History and Archaeology, Acts of an International Symposium, 22-25 June 1994, (MELETHMATA 27, ΚΕRΑ-ΕΙΕ), Αthens, 459-467.
Mermoz, J. 2010. La vie religieuse des Cyclades de l’HR IIIC à la fin de la période archaïque, Lyon, PhD Thesis, 289

Sanctuary of Athena

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