Crissa
38°28′16″N 22°28′08″E / 38.4712°N 22.469°E Crissa or Krissa (
Near Crissa, but established later, was a seaport named Cirrha. In course of time the seaport town of Cirrha increased at the expense of Crissa; and the sanctuary of Pytho grew into the town of Delphi, which claimed to be independent of Crissa. Thus Crissa declined, as Cirrha and Delphi rose in importance. Cirrha was destroyed in the First Sacred War; but the fate of Crissa is uncertain. It is not improbable that Crissa had sunk into insignificance before this war, and that some of its inhabitants had settled at Delphi, and others at Cirrha.
Between Crissa and Cirrha was a fertile plain, bounded on the north by Parnassus, on the east by
The ancient town of Crissa gave its name to the
As of the mid-19th century, ancient Crissa's ruins could still be seen at a short distance from the modern village of Chrisso, surrounding the church of the Forty Saints. They consist of very ancient polygonal walls, still as high as 10 feet (3.0 m) in some parts, and as broad as 18 feet (5.5 m) on the northern side, and 12 feet (3.7 m) on the western.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Crissa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
References
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.520.
- ^ Homeric Hymn to Apollo, 438.
- ^ Homeric Hymn to Apollo, 1. 269.
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca, pp. 127, 358.
- ^ Pindar, Pyth., 5.46.
- ^ Homeric Hymn to Apollo, 1.282; where the position of Delphi is clearly described under the name of Crissa.
- ^ Pindar, Isthm. 2.26.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vi. p.264. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 8.32.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.419. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "8.8". Description of Greece. Vol. 10. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.418. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
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