In 1821 the convent, which had enclosed the monument, used as a storage for books, was burned during the Ottoman occupation of Athens, and subsequently demolished, and the monument was inadvertently exposed to the weather. In 1818, friar Francis planted in its gardens the first tomato plants in Greece. Lord Byron stayed at the monastery during his second visit to Greece. The monument became famous in France and England through engravings of it, and "improved" versions became eye-catching features in several English landscape gardens. The young British architects James "Athenian" Stuart and Nicholas Revett published the first measured drawings of the monument in their Antiquities of Athens, London 1762. A reading of its inscription by Jacob Spon established its original purpose. It was also called "Lantern of Diogenes". In 1658, a French Capuchin monastery was founded by the site in 1669 the monastery succeeded in purchasing the monument, then being called the "Lantern of Demosthenes". Original Corinthian capital from the Monument of Lysicrates in Athens 335 BC. It stands now in its little garden on the Tripodon Street ("Street of the Tripods"), which follows the line of the ancient street of the name, which led to the Theater of Dionysus and was once lined with choragic monuments, of which foundations were discovered in excavations during the 1980s. Its frieze sculptures depict episodes from the myth of Dionysus, the god whose rites developed into Greek theatre. It was originally crowned with an elaborate floral support for the bronze tripod that was the prize Lysicrates' chorus won.
The circular structure, raised on a high squared podium, is the first Greek monument built in the Corinthian order on its exterior. It has been reproduced widely in modern monuments and building elements.
The monument is known as the first use of the Corinthian order on the exterior of a building. The choregos was the sponsor who paid for and supervised the training of the dramatic dance-chorus. The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates near the Acropolis of Athens was erected by the choregos Lysicrates, a wealthy patron of musical performances in the Theater of Dionysus, to commemorate the award of first prize in 335/334 BCE to one of the performances he had sponsored.
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