MARATHON ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Objects from the Neolithic to the Roman period discovered on the Marathon plain, including some linked to the famous battle.
This museum (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Μαραθώνα/Archaiologiko Mousio Marathona) houses objects from the Neolithic to the Roman period discovered on the Marathon plain. It also includes a sheltered archaeological site: the Vranas necropolis (1950-1550 BC). This consists of seven tumuli in which Mycenaean and pre-Mycenaean tombs and artefacts were unearthed. In the museum, Room 1 is devoted to the "Cave of Pan" (4 km west of Marathon), which has yielded pottery, tools, lamps and jewelry from the Neolithic to Antiquity, as well as an inscription from the 1st century BC evoking the cult of Pan: according to belief, the god of shepherds favoured the Greek victory at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. Rooms 2 and 3 feature objects from various necropolises, including Vranas: scarab-shaped jewelry, arrowheads, pottery, etc. Rooms 4 and 5 are dedicated to the Roman senator Herod Atticus (c. 101-177 AD). Best known for his odeon at the foot of the Parthenon, this wealthy Greek built a villa (farm) and a Greco-Egyptian temple on the plain of Marathon. Several statues are displayed here: a sphinx, the gods Isis and Serapis... Finally, the Trophy Room contains the column erected to celebrate the victory of Marathon and objects from the two collective tombs of the Athenians and Plataeans who died during the battle.
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