MARATHOS, Aitoliko - 2005

Marathos, Aitoliko (property of G. Kourli). M. Stavropoulou-Gatsi (Director emerita, ΛΣτ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of a Roman funerary monument of the south slope of Mt. Arakynthos, close to the national road between Antirrion and Ioannina. A rectangular, above-ground concrete structure (5.25 x 3.5m, visible height 1.1m) was built around a core. Successive destruction horizons contained fragments of marble sculpture and architectural elements: similar finds were made over the whole area of the property. These include fragments of columns likely from the façade of the monument, lion-head waterspouts from the superstructure, and fragments of relief decoration probably from a second-century AD Neo-Attic marble sarcophagus. The moment incorporated earlier architectural spolia.