Mines of Laurion
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The mines of Laurion are ancient mines located in southern Attica between Thorikos and Cape Sounion, approximately 50 kilometers south of the center of Athens, in Greece. The mines are best known for
Washing table at the mines of Laurion
A mining shaft located in Thorikos which is home to several mining spots in the greater Laurion mining region
A rectangular washery at a washing site of the mines of Laurion located in Thorikos
Trierarchy
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A trierarchy was a type of obligation called a liturgy, a tax levied on the very wealthy in Ancient Athens requiring the performance of public services. The person upon whom the duty fell is called a
Greek Triremes (Composite pictures of the Olympias, a modern full-size recreation of a Greek Trireme).
Bust of Demosthenes (384-382 BCE), trierarch who proposed various reforms to the system. (Roman copy of a Greek original sculpted by Polyeuktos).
Model of a Greek Trireme.