Marathon - Burial Mound of the Plataeans
3km/2mi north of the Athenian burial mound at Marathón, the "Plataean Road" (Leofóros Plateion) turns west off the road to the village of Marathón and in 2.5km/1.5mi reaches the little hamlet of Vranás. To the left (signposted), surrounded by trees, is the burial mound (excavated 1970) of the Plataeans who fell in the battle. It has a diameter of 40m/130ft and stands 4m/123ft high.
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A dromos leads into the mound (now closed), in which the remains of 11 of the 20 or so Plataeans who fell have been left.
In the interior, which is electrically lighted, can be seen the tomb of an officer named Archias (on right) and that of a 14 year-old boy, whose remains are partly covered by a large pottery vessel.
In the interior, which is electrically lighted, can be seen the tomb of an officer named Archias (on right) and that of a 14 year-old boy, whose remains are partly covered by a large pottery vessel.
