In classical Greece Hippeios Colonus (Greek: Ίππειος Κολωνός, Colonus of the Horses) was a deme about 1 km (1 mile) to the northwest of Athens, near Plato's Academy. There is also the "Agoraios Kolonos" (ΑγοÏαίος Κολωνός, Colonus of the Agora), a hillock by the Athens Agora on which the temple of Hephaestus still stands.