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The octagonal tower (3.20 m. long on each side), built of
white Pentelic marble, has a conical roof, a cylindrical annex on the south side, and two
Corinthian porches, one on the NE and one on the NW side. At the top of each of the eight
sides there is a relief representation of a wind, symbolized by a male figure with the
appropriate attributes and its name inscribed on the stone. There were sundials on the
external walls and an elaborate waterclock in the interior. The tower was built in the
first half of the 1st century B.C. by the astronomer Andronicos, from Kyrrhos in
Macedonia.
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