Cynosarges

Votive relief found at river Ilissos
Votive relief found at river Ilissos

Cynosarges (‹See Tfd›Greek: Κυνόσαργες Kynosarges) was a famous temple of Heracles, public gymnasium, and surrounding grove located just outside the walls of Ancient Athens[1] on the southern bank of the Ilissos river and near the Diomeian gate.[2] The modern suburb of Kynosargous is named after it.

  1. ^ Κυνόσαργες. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
  2. ^ Fredricksmeyer, E. A. (1979). "Divine Honors for Philip II". Transactions of the American Philological Association. 109: 49–50. doi:10.2307/284048. JSTOR 284048.