Le Lion de Chaeronea, près de 20 pieds de haut (6,1 m) monument funéraire érigé en l'honneur de la bande sacrée de Thèbes, en Grèce.

• Contributeur: Hercules Milas / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: D41B0F
• Taille du fichier: 60,2 MB (5,7 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3744 x 5616 px | 31,7 x 47,5 cm | 12,5 x 18,7 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 26 janvier 2013
• Lieu: Chaeronia, Boetia (Viotia), central Greece, Europe

Informations supplémentaires

Chaeronea was the site of several historical battles. Best known is that of 338 BCE, between Philip II of Macedon and a coalition of various South Greek states, mainly Thebes and Athens. During the battle, the elite unit of Theban soldiers known as the Sacred Band of Thebes was wiped out completely (See Battle of Chaeronea). In 1818, the so-called Lion of Chaeronea, a nearly 20-foot-tall (6.1 m) funerary monument erected in honor of the Sacred Band, was rediscovered by English travellers. The fragmentary monument was reassembled and installed in 1902 by an organisation called the Order of Chaeronea atop a pedestal at the site of its discovery.[4] The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch was born in Chaeronea, and several times refers to these and other facts about his native place in his writings.

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