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OINOUSSES (Island) NORTH AEGEAN
MONI MYRSINIDIOU (Monastery) CHIOS
Founder of this monastery is the monk Christoforos Seremelis (1897).
It is dedicated to Panagia Myrtidiotissa (Virgin of the Myrtles) of the miraculous
icon which the monk found in the sea below the monastery. It celebrates its feast
day on September 24 when crowds of worshippers come to honor Her Grace. The monastery
offered valuable philanthropic services during the German occupation as well as
during the resistance movement of World War II. The vestments of the national
martyr Gregory V are kept here. The monastery, which house four monks, includes
guest quarters.
This text is cited Jan 2004 from the Promoting Tourism Prefectural Committee of Chios URL below, which contains image.
AGIA PARASKEVI (Small town) LESVOS
AGIOS EFSTRATIOS (Island) NORTH AEGEAN
ERESSOS-ANTISSA (Municipality) LESVOS
ERESSOS (Ancient city) LESVOS
The name Eresos has its roots in mythology. Macar or Macareus, the
mythical leader of the Pelasgian people, was the first founder and king of Lesbos.
Perhaps this is why Homer called Lesbos "Makaria". According to mythology,
Makar had five daughters: Mytilene, Issa, Antissa, Methymna and Arisbe after whom
the five cities were named. The King also had four sons: Kydrolaus, Neandros,
Leuchippus and Eresus. Eresos was named after the latter who was the city's first
king.
Historical Overview
The first settlers of Eresus in the pre-hellenic times were probably
the Pelasgians, while major population shifts of the hellenic, Aeolian, Ionian
and Dorian tribes took place during the 11th and 9th century Β.C. The city of
Eresus was built on the present-day coastal location of Skala Eresos by the Achaean
or seafaring Aeolian settlers.
A multitude of scattered ruins all over the ancient city indicate
the brilliant and majestic constructions that once existed: the Agora, the Stadium,
the Theatre and the Prytaneum. The city was an important centre of trade and its
fine products reached as far as Egypt. Apart from trade and shipping the city's
population also took to the cultivation of the land. Eresus barley and sesame
seed were amongt the finest, and this accounts for the ear of barley, the emblem
which appears on the first coins of Eresus.
In 540 Β.C. Eresus was forced under Persian vassalage. The Persians
turned the naval force of Eresus to their advantage during their expeditions.
Thoughout the long struggle between the two great powers, Athens and
Sparta, Eresus repeatedly ranged itself on one side of the battlefield or the
other and finally acceded to the 2nd Athenian Alliance in 377 B.C. In the years
that followed, the town experienced political instability and the tyrants began
to play an important role.
Duing the Roman Times, Eresus knows particular prosperity, however
during the Byzantium it suffers the consequences of the Piracy of the Saracens,
the Venetians etc, who plunder Lesbos. In 1462 Lesbos falls into the hands of
the Turks and during the 17th century Eresos relocates to the midlands, to the
north-east of the old city and at a distance of 4 kilometres from the coastline.
In 1821, the first year of the Greek war of Independence, Eresos becomes
associated with a major naval tour de force, the first of the war for freedom.
Liberation arrives in 1912 and the beautiful town follows the fate of the rest
of the island and is at last incorporated in the national body (Modern Greece).
Coins of the city
It seems that Eresus minted its own coins which bore the inscription
OF ERESUS. However there is another coin as well, portraying the whole body or
just the head of Sappho. This is ample evidence that confirms Sappho did indeed
originate from Eresus. Yet, the representative coin of the city was a coin which
depicted a spike of wheat on one side, a symbol of cereal productivity, and the
head of Hermes or Apollo on the other side, which once again clearly indicates
the worship of Hermes and Apollo.
This extract is cited October 2004 from the URL below, which
contains images
EVERGETOULA (Municipality) MYTILINI
KAMBOS (Settlement) MARATHOKAMBOS
KARLOVASSI (Municipality) SAMOS
KATARAKTIS (Settlement) CHIOS
MANTAMADOS (Municipality) MYTILINI
MANTAMADOS (Small town) MYTILINI
MESSOTOPOS (Village) LESVOS
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