This article is about the kind of ancient Greek monument. For the Greek company, see
Neorion.
A néôrion in Delos ("monument of the bulls")
A néôrion (in
Ancient Greek, τὸ νεώριονtò néôrion) is a type of classical Greek commemorative monument designed to celebrate a naval victory. It is a long gallery in which a ship is displayed (hence the name), occasionally one of the enemy, in honour of the battle.
Neorion in Greek is also a term describing a port facility where ship construction and repair takes place (like the famous Neorion areas in
Herakleion,
Crete, built by the Venetians).
At the sanctuary of
Apollo at
Delos, a neorion contained the flagship of
Antigonus II Gonatas which he offered to celebrate the victory at
Kos against the
Ptolemaics in 255 BC. This Neorion is believed to have been built on the site of a previous one.
References
René Ginouvès. Dictionnaire méthodique de l'architecture grecque et romaine, tome III, Espace architecturaux, bâtiments et ensembles Collection de l'École française de Rome 84, EFR - EFA, 1998
ISSN0223-5099OCLC1567346, p. 68.