Several important sanctuaries and monuments were located on the South Slope of the Acropolis. The best known among them are the sanctuary of Dionysos, Asklepios and Hygieia. Other sacred places included the shrine of the Nymphe, and temples of Themis, Isis, and Aphrodite Pandemos. The producers of victorious dramatic and choral performances in honor of Dionysos dedictated choregic monuments in or near the sanctuary of Dionysos to commemorate the occasion, and several examples have been excavated on the South Slope. Perikles sponsored the construction of an odeion or music hall next to the theater in the 5th century B.C., and Herodes Atticus financed the construction of another in the 2nd cenury A.D. King Eumenes II of Pergamon built a large, 2-story stoa on the South Slope in the 2nd century B.C., apparently importing both architects and materials from his home in Asia Minor (western Turkey).
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