Athens, Attica, Greece. Choragic Monument of Lysicrates dating from circa 330's BC. A choregos was a wealthy patron of the arts

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Athens, Attica, Greece. Choragic Monument of Lysicrates dating from circa 330's BC. A choregos was a wealthy patron of the arts. In this case the monument was built to celebrate the generosity of the choregos Lysicrates. The monument is important in the architectural world for it's first use of the Corinthian order on an exterior.

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Keywords: 330, architectural, architecture, area, arts, athens, bc, choragic, corinthian, exterior, grecian, greece, greek, lysicrates, monument, neighborhood, neighbourhood, order, patron, plaka, style