Philopappos Monument

The Philopappos Monument is a Roman-era tomb on the Mouseion Hill south-west of the Acropolis. Athenians built it between 114 and 119 AD for Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos, an exiled prince of the kingdom of Commagene who became an Athenian citizen and benefactor. Three seated figures face the Acropolis on the marble front - Philopappos himself with his ancestors, the Seleucid Antiochus IV and King Antiochus IV of Commagene - and a relief frieze below shows his entry as a Roman consul. Today a paved path winds up through pines to the monument; from the top you get one of the cleanest, unfenced views of the Acropolis and ancient Athens.