Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos
or the Tower of the Winds
The 12-metre-tall structure has a diameter of about 8 metres and was topped in antiquity by a weathervane-like Triton that indicated the wind direction. Below the frieze depicting the eight wind deities Boreas (N), Kaikias (NE), Eurus (E),
Apeliotes (SE), Notus (S), Livas (SW), Zephyrus (W), and Skiron (NW) there are eight sundials.In its interior, there was a water clock (or clepsydra),
driven by water coming down from the Acropolis. Recent research has shown that the considerable
height of the tower was motivated by the intention to place the sundials and the wind-vane at a visible
height on the Agora, making it effectively an early
example of a clocktower. 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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