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ANDROS (Ancient city) ANDROS
The chief city also called Andros, was situated nearly in the middle of the western
coast of the island, at the foot of a lofty mountain. Its citadel strongly fortified
by nature is mentioned by Livy. It had no harbour of its own, but it used one
in the neighbourhood, called Gaurion (Taurion) by Xenophon (Hell. i. 4. § 22),
and Gaureleon by Livy, and which still bears the ancient name of Gavrion. The
ruins of the ancient city are described at length by Ross, who discovered here,
among other inscriptions, an interesting hymn to Isis in hexameter verse, of which
the reader will find a copy in the Classical Museum (vol. i. p. 34, seq.). The
present population of Andros is 15,000 souls. Its soil is fertile, and its chief
productions are silk and wine. It was also celebrated for its wine in antiquity,
and the whole island was regarded as sacred to Dionysus. There was a tradition
that, during the festival of this god, a fountain flowed with wine. (Plin. ii.
103, xxxi. 13; Paus. vi. 26, § 2.)
This extract 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
Major sites lie in the W part of the island. The ancient center of Andros is located at Palaiopolis, in the middle of the W coast, where there is an acropolis with vestiges of walls on the N side. Sections of walls and one gate are preserved at several points around the city. Ruins of a stoa dated in the 3d or 2d c. B.C. are preserved in the agora. In the city there were a famous Temple of Dionysos, a Fountain of Zeus (Plin. HN 2.231; Paus. 6.26.2; Philostr. Imag. 1.25) and Temples of Apollo, Hestia, and Athena Tauropols (Suidas, s.v.Tauropols).
D. Schlardi, ed.
This extract is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Jan 2003 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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