A prytaneion (Ancient Greek: Πρυτανεῖον, Latin: prytanēum) was seat of the prytaneis (executive), and so the seat of government in ancient Greece. The...

devoted to the games. To the north of the sanctuary can be found the Prytaneion and the Philippeion, as well as the array of treasuries representing the...

The hearth of every prytaneion and domestic household was sacred to the goddess Hestia, whose presence and cult within the prytaneion and households justified...

of the Agora. The Prytaneion, a round building close to the Bouleuterion, built c. 470 BC by Cimon, which served as the Prytaneion, in which the Prytaneis...

Olympia over the ages. Areas of note: 2: Prytaneion, 4: Temple of Hera, 5: Pelopion, 10: Stadium, 15: Temple of Zeus, 20: Gymnasium, 21: Palaestra, 26: Greek...

firstly the political district, which consisted of the bouleuterion and the prytaneion; the cultural district containing the theatre; the commercial, where the...

the Deipnosophistae, writes that in Naucratis the people dined in the Prytaneion on the birthday of Hestia Prytanitis. Responsibility for Hestia's domestic...

around Greece and its former colonies. It should not be confused with the Prytaneion, which housed the executive council of the assembly and often served as...

constructed two buildings - the Bouleuterion and the Prytaneion - though only remains of the Prytaneion are still present. It is of special notice that even...

diameter is 265 feet, and held about 6000 spectators. The Bouleuterion or prytaneion is well-preserved and has been further restored. It was the capital's...