The Tholos


From Connolly & Dodge, The Ancient City

The Tholos or Round Building  was the headquarters where the representatives of the presiding tribe (prytaneis) of the Council of 500 was on duty twenty-four hours a day  where they slept and took their meals.  Here is a reconstruction of the interior.  Note the couches for eating and sleeping lining the wall of the Tholos.
 
 





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