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AGIA IRINI (Settlement) ANATOLIKO SELINO
The village of Agia Irini is 43km from Chania on the Chania - Alikianos
- Agia Irini - Sougia road. The area has a pleasant gorge and some Byzantine churches.
ANATOLIKO SELINO (Municipality) CHANIA
KOUTSOGERAKO (Settlement) ANATOLIKO SELINO
The village of Koustogerako is 73km from Chania. Koustogerako, 500
metres above sea level, is in a very wild, beautiful position. Deep gorges and
steep mountain cliffs surround the village. Southwest of the village at a height
of 200 metres is the cave of Cyclopa, possibly related to the epic poem Odyssey
in the story of the Cyclops. The cave is a long way from the village and difficult
to approach. Koustogerako itself has a dramatic history. It was burned twice by
the Venetians, and once in 1821 by the Turks. Finally, Koustogerako was razed
by the Nazis. The Germans had gathered the old men, women, and children of the
village and were about to execute them when shots killed the machine gunner. The
other soldiers ran away and the villagers escaped. The Nazis returned the next
day and destroyed the village.
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MONI (Settlement) ANATOLIKO SELINO
Moni a small village 62km from Chania on the Chania - Alikianos -
Moni - Sougia road, has a lovely Byzantine church.
RODOVANI (Village) ANATOLIKO SELINO
Rodovani is west of the main road Chania - Alikianos - Sougia, 60km
from Chania, and marks the start of the descent to Sougia. From Rodovani, one
can reach Sougia or Paleohora on the south coast. It is an old village with strong
evidence of its past, several Byzantine churches, and the site of a very important
ancient city.
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SOUGIA (Village) CHANIA
The village of Sougia is located on the south coast of Crete, 70km
southeast of Chania on the Chania - Alikianos - Moni - Sougia road. Sougia is
reached from Chania in 2 hours. The westbound boats from Hora Sfakia stop enroute
to Paleohora, and boats run from Paleohora to Agia Roumeli, Loutro and Hora Sfakion.
Although it is not one of the larger towns of the province of Selino, Sougia is
interesting to the tourist, providing lovely beaches, impressive mountains, and
interesting remains of old Byzantine churches. Sougia has some tourist services,
such as rooms to rent and small hotels and tavernas.
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Sougia 's ancient name was Syia, and it was the harbour town of Elyros. West of Sougia are the ruins of ancient Lissos. One can admire the tiny Dorian temple of Asklipios, the ancient theatre and the vaulted tombs.
SYIA (Ancient city) ANATOLIKO SELINO
Sougia, or Sia, was the harbour of ancient Elyros and flourished during
Greek, Roman and Byzantine times. During those times it had a good harbour which
is not visible now because the land has risen on this side of Crete. Sougia was
very important during Byzantine times, and three large basilicas of the first
Byzantine period have been discovered so far. It seems that both Sougia and Elyros
were destroyed by the Arabs.
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TEMENIA (Village) ANATOLIKO SELINO
The village of Temenia, 62km from Chania on the road Chania - Tavronitis
- Kandanos - Anisaraki - Temenia, is about 16km from Paleohora. The area of Temenia
is the site of an ancient Greek city, and it also has a very interesting Byzantine
church.
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ELYROS (Ancient city) ANATOLIKO SELINO
Eluros: Eth. Elurios (Steph. B.). A town of Crete, which Scylax places
between Cydonia and Lissus. It had a harbour, Suia, (Steph. B.), situated on the
S. coast of the island, 60 stadia W. of Poecilassus. (Stadiasm.) Pausanias (x.
16. § 3) states: that the city. existed il his time in the mountains of Crete.
He adds that he had seen at Delphi the bronze goat which the Elyrians had dedicated,
and which was represented in the act of giving suck to Phylacis and Phylander,
children of Apollo and the nymph Acacallis, whose love had been won by the youthful
god at the house of Casmanor at Tarrha. It was the birthplace of Thaletas (Suid.
s. v.), who was considered as the inventor of the Cretic rhythm, the national
paeans and songs, with many of the institutions of his country. (Strab. x. p.
480.) Elyrus appears in Hierocles' list of Cretan cities, then reduced in number
to twenty-one. Mr. Pashley discovered the site at a Palaeokastron near Rhodovani.
The first object that presents itself is a building consisting of a series of
arches; next, vestiges of walls, especially on the N. and NE. sides of the ancient
city. The circuit of these must originally have been two miles; at a slight elevation
above are other walls, as of an acropolis. Further on are some massive stones,
some pieces of an entablature, and several fragments of the shafts of columns,
all that now remains of an ancient temple. Traces of the wall of Suia, which still
retains its ancient name, and of some public buildings, may be observed. Several
tombs, resembling those of Haghio-Kyrko, and an aqueduct, are still remaining.The
coins of this city have the type of a bee upon them.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
YRTAKINA (Ancient city) ANATOLIKO SELINO
Ursakina: Hursakina, Artakina, Eth. Hurtakos, Hurtakinos. A city of
Crete, which, little as we learn of its position from Ptolemy and Stephanus of
Byzantium, yet we may safely infer from the former's words that it was situated
to the SE. of Polyrrhenia, and to the W. of Lappa. Scylax teaches us more respecting
its site; he places it on the S. of the island, and to the S. of the Dictynnean
temple of Artemis and the Pergamian district. These indications agree well with
the situation of the ruins discovered by Mr. Pashley on a hill near the village
of Temenia.
Numerous vestiges of polygonal masonry on the N. and W. sides, and
measuring little more than half a mile in length, are still existing. On the other
sides the city was precipitous. It is curious to observe the care taken by the
inhabitants in defending the gateways of their city. Not only do walls project
without the gate, but flanking walls are executed within, forming passages through
which the enemy would have to pass before he could set foot within the city.
The coins of Hyrtacina present types similar to those of Elyros, with
the retrograde epigraph ATTHU and URTAKINION.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
SYIA (Ancient city) ANATOLIKO SELINO
ELYROS (Ancient city) ANATOLIKO SELINO
In antiquity the relative sea level was probably some 7.8 m higher; there would then have been the natural harbor attested by Skylax, which could have served as one of the ports of inland Elyros (the main one being Syia).
This is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites, Princeton University Press 1976. Cited from Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
SYIA (Ancient city) ANATOLIKO SELINO
Syia. Small city on the S coast of W Crete, in the Selino district between
Lisos and Poikilasion. Little is known of its history; it was probably a member
of the league of Oreioi in the 3d c. B.C. (see Lisos). Its surviving remains belong
to the Imperial and First Byzantine periods, and it was probably destroyed in
the Arab conquest. It had a good harbor and served as the port of inland Elyros
(Stadiasmus 331; Steph. Byz. s.v.). It apparently did not strike its own coins.
The site lies at the mouth of the valley running down from Elyros.
There is no harbor now, but if relative sea level was some 6.6 m higher in antiquity
there would have been one W of the river mouth and protected from the S by a mole.
Most of the ancient remains lie E of the river: remains of houses, an aqueduct
to the N, a bath building to the S, and built and rock-cut tombs on the slopes
to the E. A large basilica of the 6th c. has been excavated just W of the village,
and two other basilicas lie E of it.
D. J. Blackman, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
YRTAKINA (Ancient city) ANATOLIKO SELINO
Tarrha in the early 3d c. B.C. had a coinage alliance with neighboring Lisos, Elyros, and Hyrtakina, and may have been a member of the league of Oreioi.
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