Lesser Propylaea (Eleusis)

3D Model

Ruins of the decorated frieze. The monumental Gateway east of Ploutonion, built in the place where in earlier times stood the Peisistratean North Pylon, was the main entrance to the Sanctuary, before the latter was extended further to the north. Then the Greater Propylaea was constructed, as the main entrance, while the Gateway served as the inner entrance, the Lesser Propylaea. According to a Latin inscription on its architrave, it was dedicated to Demeter and Persephone by Appius Claudius Pulcher, a Roman consul in 54 BC.