Herodes Atticus

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Herodes Atticus was a wealthy 2nd-century Greek aristocrat, sophist, and Roman senator renowned as a major benefactor and patron of monumental architecture across the Greek world.

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Herodes Atticus canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek aristocrat
Roman senator
orator
patron of architecture
philanthropist
sophist
birthDate c. 101
birthPlace Attica
Greece
Marathon
Roman Empire
built Aqueduct of Herodes Atticus in Olympia
surface form: Aqueduct at Olympia

Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus
surface form: Nymphaeum at Olympia

Odeon in Corinth
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
surface form: Odeon of Herodes Atticus on the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens

Panathenaic Stadium refurbishment in Athens
Stadium of Delphi
surface form: Stadium at Delphi
citizenship Roman Empire
deathDate c. 177
deathPlace Marathon
educatedAt Athens
era 2nd century
Roman Antiquity
surface form: Roman Imperial period

Second Sophistic
ethnicGroup Greek
familyName Atticus
father Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes
givenName Herodes
heldPosition consul suffectus of the Roman Empire
consularis of the province of Asia
knownFor immense wealth
large-scale benefactions across the Greek world
patronage of monumental architecture
teaching rhetoric
language Ancient Greek
Latin
memberOf Athenian aristocracy
Roman Senate
name Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes
notableWork Aqueduct of Herodes Atticus in Olympia
Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus
surface form: Nymphaeum at Olympia

Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Panathenaic Stadium
surface form: Panathenaic Stadium reconstruction

Stadium of Delphi
surface form: Stadium at Delphi

Various public buildings in Corinth
occupation Roman senator
philanthropist
rhetorician
sophist
teacher
patronageRegion Asia Minor
Athens
Peloponnese
religion traditional Greco-Roman polytheism
spouse Aspasia Annia Regilla

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Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus creator Herodes Atticus
Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus namedAfter Herodes Atticus
Panathenaic Stadium rebuiltBy Herodes Atticus
Kallimarmaro rebuiltBy Herodes Atticus
Delphi stadium patronOfReconstruction Herodes Atticus
Herodou Attikou Street namedAfter Herodes Atticus