Kalaureia lang grc or Calauria is an island close to the coast of Troezen in the Peloponnesus of mainland Greece , part of the modern island pair Poros . Strabo describes the coastwise journey along the Ermioni Hermionic Gulf The gulf begins at the town of Asine. Then come Ermioni Hermione and Troezen and, as one sails along the coast, one comes also to the island of Calauria, which has a circuit of one hundred and thirty stadia and is separated from the mainland by a strait four stadia wide. ref Strabo, Geography , viii.6.3 http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?lookup Strab. 8.6.23 On line text . ref Pre classical asylum On Calauria a Doric order Doric temple of Poseidon was built in the ancient sanctuary, possibly around 520 BCE. The dimensions of the temple are 27.4 by 14.4 m. There are six columns on each short side and twelve on each long side. There is strong evidence that the epithet of Poseidon at Kalaureia was Geraistos , a word from an unknown Pre Greek pre Hellenic language . ref Schumacher, Rob W.M. Three Related Sanctuaries of Poseidon. Greek Sanctuaries New Approaches. Eds. Marinatos, Nanno and H gg, Robert, Routledge New York, 1993. ref A 6th century A.D. dictionary by Stephanus of Byzantium gives the names of Zeus s sons as Geraistos, Taenarus ... places on the Peloponnesus. ref Schumacher 1993, p. 63 ref Geraistos, Tainaros, and Kalaureia are all ... theorized that the epithet Geraistios also applies to Kalaureia because all three sanctuaries ... to possess Delos or Kalaureia most holy Pytho Delphi or windy Taenarum. Kalaureia was mentioned by Philostephanus in a lost work On Islands . It was to Kalaureia that Demosthenes the famous orator ..., was centered on Kalaureia. Archaeology of the site suggested to Thomas Kelly that the sacred league ... External links commonscat http www.kalaureia.org Kalaureia Archaeological Excavations Notes reflist ... Kalavria sv Kalaureia ... more details
for the personification of peace Eirene Greek goddess In Greek mythology , Eirene was a daughter of Poseidon and Melantheia daughter of Alpheus mythology Alpheus . She gave her name to Eirene, a small island near Crete . The island was later called Anthedonia and Hypereia, but eventually received the name Calauria after Calaurus, who was also a son of Poseidon. ref Plutarch , Quaestiones Graecae , 19 ref ref Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Kalaureia ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Offspring of Poseidon ... more details
at least 1000 BCE. Antiquity The ancient polis of Kalaureia was home to an asylum dedicated to Poseidon ... invention. An enormous feast was found dating to the Hellenistic period in the ruins of the Kalaureia ... Kalaureia Archaeological Excavations Saronic Kallikratis Attica Aegean Sea Category Populated ... more details
Image Asine1jpg.jpg thumb right Hellenistic and later walls at Asine Argolid , a Swedish excavation since the 1920s. The Swedish Institute at Athens lang sv Svenska Institutet I Athen lang el is one of the 17 List of Foreign Archaeological Institutes in Greece foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens , Greece . General information, facilities Established in 1948, the Swedish Institute at Athens was the 7th Foreign Archaeological Institute to be founded in Greece, and the first since World War I. Since then, it has developed an important record of fieldwork both excavation and survey in Crete. Together with its Danish Institute at Athens Danish , Finnish Institute at Athens Finnish and Norwegian Institute at Athens Norwegian counterparts, the Swedish Institute contributes to the Nordic Library at Athens . Kavala The Institute also owns a Bauhaus mansion at Kavala , available as a residence to Swedish artists, writers and scholars. Archaeological work File Macra Come view.jpg 300px thumb Macra Come, Fthiotis , examined by the Institute since 2010. Archaeological Projects conducted by the Swedish Institute include excavations at Afidnes Aphidna Attica , Asine Argolid , Ayios Elias Arcadia , Berbati Argolid , Chania Kastelli Crete , Dendra Argolid , Kalaureia Poros , Malthi Messenia , Midea Argolid , Paradeisos Western Thrace , and archaeological field survey surveys at Asea, Greece Asea Arcadia and Makrakomi Fthiotis . List of directors Erik Holmberg 1947 1948 ke kerstr m 1948 1956 Arne Furumark 1956 1957 Paul str m 1958 1963 Carl Gustaf Styrenius 1963 1971 ke kerstr m 1971 1972 Pontus Hellstr m 1972 1976 Robin H gg 1976 1994 Berit Wells 1994 2003 Ann Louise Schallin 2004 2010 Arto Penttinen 2010 See also Swedish Institute Bibliography E. Korka et al. eds. Foreign Archaeological Schools in Greece, 160 Years, Athens, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2006, p. 144 151. External links http www.sia.gr Swedish Institute at Athens web ... more details
festivals and conduct other matters as well. An early amphictyony centered on Kalaureia , an island ... smith dgra 0614.html Hieromnemones See also Kalaureia Kalaureian amphictiony Panionium ... more details
About other historical and fictional personages named Demosthenes Demosthenes disambiguation Infobox person name Demosthenes image Demosthenes orator Louvre.jpg caption Bust sculpture Bust of Demosthenes Louvre , Paris , France birth date 384 BC birth place Athens death date 322 BC death place small Island of Kalaureia present day Poros small Demosthenes IPAc en lang pron d m s . n i z , lang el , D mosth n s IPA el d most n s 384 322 Common Era BC was a prominent Greeks Greek Politician statesman and orator of History of Athens ancient Athens . His Public speaking orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. Demosthenes learned rhetoric by studying the Speech public address speeches of previous great orators. He delivered his first judicial speeches at the age of 20, in which he argued effectively to gain from his guardians what was left of his inheritance. For a time, Demosthenes made his living as a professional speech writer Logographer legal logographer and a Ancient Greek law lawyer , writing speeches for use in private Lawsuit legal suits . Demosthenes grew interested in politics during his time as a logographer, and in 354 BC he gave his first public political speeches. He went on to devote his most productive years to opposing Macedonia ancient kingdom Macedon s expansion. He idealized his city and strove throughout his life to restore Athens supremacy and motivate his compatriots against Philip II of Macedon . He sought to preserve his city s freedom and to establish an alliance against Macedon, in an unsuccessful attempt to impede Philip s plans to expand his influence southwards by conquering all the other Greek states. After Philip s death, Demosthenes played a leading part in his city s uprising against the new King of Macedonia ancient kingdom Macedonia , Alexan ... more details
Encyclopedia
top
