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Archaeological Museum of Marathon

The Archaeological Museum of Marathon, situated not in the town of Marathon but in Vranas, houses the archaeological objects found in Marathon and its territory.

	Archaeological Museum of Marathon building
	Amphora of Geometric period, dated between the 10th and the 7th century BC.
	Part of the trophy column the Athenians built after the victory against the Persians at the first Persian War. Originally it was 10 meter high and there was a statue of Victory on top. Now a replica column is standing in the place where this was originally placed.
	Statue of a reclining man. It is thought to be a personification of the rivar Charadros running Marathonas. However, it seems to be the cover of sarcophagus and, if so, the man might be an idealized statue of the buried. Second century AD. Found in Pithyon, Oinoe.
	Gravestone of two farmers, Sosas and Nostimos the Miletian. The vine behind the two and the sickles in their hand suggest that they were vine glowers and maybe wine makers. Second century AD.
	Herodes Atticus, well known millionaire and enthusiastic builder in the second century, was a landowner of Marathon and possessed a villa in the area. These are the arched gate to his villa and statues of him and his wife Regilla.
	Portrait of Herodes Atticus. Second century AD.

Next to the main building of the museum, there are tumuli tombs from Middle Helladic and Mycenaenan period (2000-1200 BC).




In Vranas 7 tumuli were discovered and three of them (Tumulus I, Tumulus II, and Tumulus III) can be seed here.


There are seemingly ruins of an ancient building in the yard of the museum. I asked one of the museum guardians what these were, but could not get answer.

Reference

• Christopher Mee & Antony Spawforth, Greece. An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford/ OUP, 2001, p. 114-119.
• Marathon : Museum and Archaeological Site - Brief Guide, Ministry of Culture, General Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage, 2nd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities. Athens: Ministry of Culture, 2008.

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