The monastery of St. Georgios (near the municipal cemetery of Vironas) is said
to be a glebe of the monastery of Kessariani and was obviously founded later than
that. According to mythology, its name derives from Hercules' deeds. In particular,
one of the deeds was also the killing of the lion that lived on the peaks of mount
Kitheronas. According to
the myth, Hercules killed the lion with a huge club made of strong wood, called
"koutali", which he brought to the area that was named Koutala. The
historian K. Orlandos notes that the original name is Koutalas and derives from
the famous family of the Koutalas'. Despite the fact that information on this
monastery is very little, it seems though, it was a sacred place of worship from
ancient times.
