Horologion of Andronikos Cyrrhestes

This guide to the Horologion of Andronikos Cyrrhestes in Athens traces this octagonal marble tower back to the astronomer Andronikos of Cyrrhus, who built it in the first century BCE to track both time and weather for the old Athens marketplace. It follows the carved wind gods that still ring its eight sides, the hidden water clock once fed by springs from the Acropolis, and the long-vanished bronze weathervane that once crowned the roof. You'll hear how later worshippers, Christian and then Sufi, put the tower to entirely different uses. Look up at the carved winds as you listen.