Bull of Dionysios of Kollytos (Kerameikos)
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Bull from the grave enclosure of Dionysios of Kollytos, near the Way of the Tombs (345-350 BC) The bull stood on a high pedestal in the middle of the grave enclosure, behind a naiskos on which were cared epigrams and the name and patronymic of the deceased, Dionysios son of Alphinos. Dionysios, who died unmarried, lived in the deme of Kollytos, near the Kerameikos, and on the island of Samos, where he served as trasurer of the Heraion for the year 346/5 BC. Kerameikos, Ancient Graveyard, Athens, Greece. Collytus or Kollytos (Ancient Greek: Κολλυτός) was a deme of ancient Attica, located in the city of Athens. It was located within the walls of Themistocles, south of the Areopagus and southwest of Acropolis. It was famed due to its association with Plato, whose family was from this deme. Αγόρι κάθεται μπροστά από τον τάφο του Διονυσίου του Κολλυτού (τέλη 4ου αιώνα π.Χ.) στην Οδό των Τάφων στο αρχαίο ελληνικό Κοιμητήριο του Κεραμεικού, Αθήνα, φωτογραφία του Γερμανού φωτογράφου W...