The relics of the <b>Pompeion</b> at the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kerameikos_Cemetery_(Athens)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerameikos Cemetery (Athens)">Kerameikos Cemetery (Athens)</a>. During the Classical period an important public building in the Kerameikos in Athens, the Pompeion, stood inside the walls in the area between the two gates. This served a key function in the procession (<i>pompē</i> - πομπή) in honour of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Athena" class="mw-redirect" title="Athena">Athena</a> during the Panathenaic Festival. It consisted of a large courtyard surrounded by columns and banquet rooms, where the nobility of Athens would eat the sacrificial meat for the festival. Picture by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>, November 12 2009.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>
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