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Ploutoneion

<Location> Elefsina (Eleusis site), Suburb of Athens, Greece

Sanctuary of Pluto (Hades), god of the Underworld, who abducted Persephone. Situated to the west of the Small Propylaia.

In the Peisistratid period (6th century BC), a shrine was built in front of the cave. The temple foundation that we can see now belong to a temple completed in 328 BC (dated know from a date inscription).

Reference

• Christopher Mee & Antony Spawforth, Greece. An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford/ OUP, 2001, pp. 136-41.
• Robin Barbar, Athens (Blue Guide), London- N.Y. 2002, p. 271.

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ELEUSIS

  • Hiera Odos
  • Temple of Artemis
  • Eschara
  • Sacred Well
  • Colossal Portrait of An Emperor
  • Great Propylaia
  • Small Propylaia
  • Ploutoneion
  • Telesterion
  • Outer Wall
  • Roman Triumphal Arches
  • Archaeological Museum

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Sites close to Athens

• Sounio
• Elefsina (Eleusis)
• Vouliagméni Lake

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