. . "Cape Sounion (Modern Greek: A\u03BA\u03C1\u03C9\u03C4\u03AE\u03C1\u03B9\u03BF \u03A3\u03BF\u03CD\u03BD\u03B9\u03BF, transliterated Akrot\u00EDrio So\u00FAnio, pronounced [akro\u02C8tir\u029Do \u02C8su\u0272o]; Ancient Greek: \u1F0C\u03BA\u03C1\u03BF\u03BD \u03A3\u03BF\u03CD\u03BD\u03B9\u03BF\u03BD, \u0386kron So\u00FAnion; Latin: Sunium promontorium; Venetian: Capo Colonne \u2013 \"Cape of Columns\") is a promontory located 69 kilometres (43 mi) south-southeast of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece.Cape Sounion is noted as the site of ruins of an ancient Greek temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea in classical mythology."@en .