Pheia (Elis)

Coordinates: 37°39′51.4″N 21°18′50.5″E / 37.664278°N 21.314028°E / 37.664278; 21.314028
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Pheia
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Pheia (Elis) is located in Greece
Pheia (Elis)
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LocationElis, Greece
Coordinates37°39′51.4″N 21°18′50.5″E / 37.664278°N 21.314028°E / 37.664278; 21.314028
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Pheia (

Ichthys (now the Cape of Katakolo) with the mainland.[4] Pheia is mentioned by Homer, who places it near the Iardanus, which is apparently the mountain torrent north of Ichthys, and which flows into the sea on the northern side of the lofty mountain Skaphídi.[1][5]

It was built in a natural bay at today's

Messenia, landed at Pheia (that is, in the bay of Katakolo), and laid waste the country; but a storm having arisen, they sailed round the promontory Ichthys into the harbour of Pheia. Thereafter the Athenians used the town and ports as a base for military operations in Elis.[7] In front of the harbour was a small island, which Polybius calls Pheias.[2][8]

Archaeological remains

The first excavations were made in 1911.

Roman cemetery and a Byzantine coin.[10] Two cycladic marble figures from the Bronze Age were found on the headland, as well as finds of tombs and remains of Roman buildings on Tigani island.[11] A kouros and the remains of a painted terracotta roof are among the finds dating to the late Archaic period.[12] There is also prehistoric pottery scattered across the site.[13]

Destruction

Recent studies at Agios Andreas have shown that the region suffered from the effects of tsunamis several times. Pheia was destroyed in 551 by a tsunami caused by an earthquake that was known historically.[14] The earthquake was also responsible for the destruction of the city of Patras and for completing the destruction of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Homer. Iliad. Vol. 7.135.
  2. ^ a b Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii.3, p. 343. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  4. ^ a b Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1857). "Pheia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 2. London: John Murray. p. 593.
  5. ^ Homer. Odyssey. Vol. 15.297.
  6. ^ a b SKRIP newspaper, page 2, 3/31/1911, accessed from the Greek national library Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 2.25.
  8. ^ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 4.9.
  9. ^ Hellenic Institute of Marine Archaeology Archived 2013-02-17 at archive.today
  10. ^
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  12. ^ Inglis, Alexander St. George (1998). A History of Elis ca. 700-362 B.C. p. 136.
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  14. ^ Vott, Andreas; Bareth, Georg; Bruckner, Helmut; Lang, Franziska; Sakellariou, Dimitris; Hadler, Hanna; Ntageretzis, Konstantin; Willershauser, Timo (2011). "Olympia's Harbour Site Pheia (Elis, Western Peloponnese, Greece) Destroyed by Tsunami Impact". Die Erde.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pheia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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