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Η Τήνος, το ιερό νησί της Παναγίας, δέχεται κάθε Αύγουστο χιλιάδες προσκυνητές που έρχονται να προσευχηθούν ή να τηρήσουν το τάμα τους. Οι θρησκευτικές ακολουθίες εναλλάσονται με την εμποροπανήγυρη στα γύρω δρομάκια .. Τα περίπου 45 γραφικά χωρία της Τήνου, διατηρούν την παραδοσιακή τους ατμόσφαιρα αποτελώντας μοναδικά δείγματα λαϊκής αρχιτεκτονικής. Αναμεσά τους ξεχωρίζουν τα κεφαλοχώρια Στενή και Πύργος με το σπίτι του Χαλεπά και τα εργαστήρια μαρμαρογλυπτικής .. Ο Αγιος Φωκάς, τα Κιόνια, το Πόρτο, ο όρμος του Πάνορμου, ο Αγιος Σώστης και η Παχιά Αμμος είναι οι παραλίες της Τήνου που προσφέρονται για κολύμπι. Το σεληνιακό τοπίο «Βόλαξ» με τους ιδιόρρυθμους ογκόλιθους θεωρείται μοναδικό φαινόμενο σ’ ολο τον κόσμο.
Το απόσπασμα παρατίθεται τον Φεβρουάριο 2003 από την ακόλουθη ιστοσελίδα, με φωτογραφίες, της Νομαρχίας Κυκλάδων
An island situated between Andros and Mykonos, Tinos was famous in
antiquity for the abundance of its springs. Subjugated by the Persians, Tinos
passed to the Greeks before the battle of Salamina, for which reason its name
appears among the dedicators of the Delphic tripod or stool used by the oracle.
It therefore entered the Delian League and participated in the Athenian expedition
against Syracuse. In the 3d c. B.C. Tinos became one of the principal representatives
of the Nesiotic League and developed close ties with Rhodes. After vicissitudes
in the 1st c. B.C., Tinos again flourished in the Imperial age.
The ancient site, in the SW part of the island, corresponds to that
of modern Tinos, ca. 300 m from the coast. Around the modern sanctuary of the
Evangelistria there are visible remains of the ancient enclosing wall, equipped
with towers which may be dated to the 5th c. B.C. Numerous rebuildings, however,
are attributed to the 3d c. B.C., the period to which an inscription on the blocks
of a tower are dated.
Outside the modern center to the W, in a place called Kionia, are
the remains of a particularly well-attended Sanctuary of Poseidon, which was mentioned
by Strabo (10.5.11). The Phokian Confederation, in the mid 3d c. B.C., granted
this sanctuary the right of shelter and contributed to the expense of its erection.
These rights were later renewed by the emperor Tiberius. The sanctuary could also
be reached from the sea by a road 150 m long which connected it with a pier. The
approach to the cult room was through the propylaeum, behind which are visible
the remains of an altar (11 x 30 m) of the in antis type, with a frieze of garlands
and ox skulls. The work is of a modest artistic level, and the construction is
contemporary with the temple. The latter, which dominated the center, is oriented
E-W. It is a Doric peripteral temple, with 6 by 8 columns, and with a nearly square
internal cella. The base of the temple is 1.7 m high and is connected on the E
and S sides to the ground level by stairs. Several sculpted fragments of the pediment
have been found, depicting sea monsters. Numerous titles bear dedicatory inscriptions
to Poseidon.
Parallel to the temple, but farther to the N, is another construction
linked to a second building. Viewed from the front its architectural elements
include a central exedra with lateral porticos consisting of Doric columns surmounted
by architraves and friezes with metopes and triglyphs. The construction has been
identified as a refectory in which visitors to the temple assembled (one of the
estiatoria mentioned by Strabo). At the N limits of the sanctuary, another rectangular
building, whose construction dates from Roman times, was probably set apart for
the lodging of pilgrims. The monumental systematization of the sanctuary already
known is attributable to the Hellenistic and Roman periods, at which time the
cult of Poseidon was particularly strong, together with those professed on the
island of Delos. However, traces of older walls oriented in the same direction
and probably dating from the 5th c. B.C. have been found under the temple and
under the altar.
A second center has been discovered at the foot of Mt. Exoburgo, where
visible remains of an encircling wall constructed of unworked granite blocks form
an irregular screening wall on fill from the 8th c. B.C. The defensive system
has been dated to the 7th c., as has a building situated outside the walls, with
an irregular plan, in which a tesmophorion has been identified. At the E extremity
of this city excavations have been carried out in a necropolis which, however,
is no longer visible. It contained rectangular coffered tombs, most of which had
been plundered, datable to the 5th c. B.C. The tombs had been furnished with funerary
stelai, of which only the bases remain.
A third locality which has furnished archaeological material is modern
Kardiani, where a necropolis containing coffered tombs from the Geometric age
has been discovered on terraced ground above the sea. The tombs, which are no
longer visible, contained besides the skeleton only meager funerary material,
consisting mostly of rough local ceramics and painted ceramics of the Cycladean
type attributable to the Middle Geometric period. The site is the earliest habitation
on the island as indicated by Neolithic material from one of the inhabited grottos.
In the city of Tinos is a small collection of antiquities found on
the island. The late pre-Geometric and Geometric pottery includes cups, amphorae,
and kantharoi with panel decoration of pendulant semicircles in the earlier period
and with meanders in the more recent, that is up until ca. mid 8th c. B.C. There
are also numerous examples of orientalizing impasto pottery with decorations in
relief, mostly made on the island between mid 8th and mid 7th c. B.C. The older
examples bear geometric designs, while the more recent often are decorated with
real and fantastic animals. A large amphora discovered on Mykonos, with a representation
of the Trojan horse, has been attributed to Tinos. Also in the museum is the material
from the Sanctuary of Poseidon, including several inscriptions and several statues
of the Roman period.
M. Cristofani, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
A small island in the Aegaean Sea, southeast of Andros and north of Delos. Here was a celebrated temple of Poseidon
A Latin diocese of the Cyclades,
containing over 126 square miles. In ancient times it was called Hydrussa, i.e.
abounding in water, and Ophiussa because of the number of serpents which inhabited
it. Near the river there was a celebrated temple of Poseidon, discovered in 1902.
The island subjected itself to Xerxes at the time of his expedition
against the Greeks, but afterwards defected to Salamis
and Plataea; it became finally
subject to Athens, afterwards
to the Rhodians, to whom it was given by Marcus Antonius, later to the Romans.
It is not known when Christianity was established there. The bishopric
was a suffragan of Rhodes
in the seventh and tenth centuries; suppressed after the conquest of the island
by the Venetians in 1207, it was re-established but as a metropolitan when Tinos
passed into the power of the Turks in 1714. The metropolitan see was in its turn
suppressed in 1833. Under the Venetian domination, which lasted from 1207 to 1714,
Tinos had some Latin bishops.
Little by little the island became almost completely Catholic. In 1781 it had
7000 Catholics dispersed throughout 32 villages; some were of the Latin, others
of the Greek Rite. Under the Venetian domination the schismatics were dependent
on a protopapas who in turn depended on the Patriachate of Constantinople.
The Latin bishopric, at first a suffragan of the Archbishopric of
Rhodes, afterwards of Arcadi
in Crete, is now a suffragan
of Naxos. Since at least
the year 1400, the title of Mykonos has been joined to its own; furthermore, the
bishop administers the Diocese of Andros.
Tinos possesses
an image of the Evanghelistria or of the Annunciation discovered in 1823 which
attracts each year on 25 March and 15 August from 3000 to 4000 schismatic pilgrims.
S. Vailhe, ed.
Transcribed by: Thomas M. Barrett
This extract is cited June 2003 from The Catholic Encyclopedia, New Advent online edition URL below.
Eth. Tenios: Tino. An island in the Aegaean sea, and one of the Cyclades,
lying between Andros and Delos, distant from tile former 1 mile and from the latter
15 miles. (Plin. iv. 12. s. 22.) It stretches from NW. to SE., and is 15 miles
long according to Pliny (l. c.), or 150 stadia according to Scylax. It was also
called Hydrussa (Hudroussa, Hudroessa) from the number of its springs, and Ophiussa
because it abounded in snakes. (Plin. l. c.; Mela, ii. 7. § 11; Steph. B. s. v.)
The sons of Boreas are said to have been slain in this island by Hercules. (Apoll.
Rhod. i. 1304, with Schol.) In the invasion of Greece by Xerxes, the Tenians were
compelled to serve in the Persian fleet; but a Tenian trireme deserted to the
Greeks immediately before the battle of Salamis (B.C. 480), and accordingly the
name of the Tenians was inscribed upon the tripod at Delphi in the list of Grecian
states which had overthrown the Persians. (Herod. viii. 82.) Pausanias relates
that the name of the Tenians was also inscribed on the statue of Zeus at Olympia
among the Greeks who had fought at the battle of Plataea (v. 23. § 2). The Tenians
afterwards formed part of the Athenian maritime empire, and are mentioned among
the subject allies of Athens at the time of the Sicilian expedition (Thuc. vii.
57). They paid a yearly tribute of 3600 drachmae, from which it may be inferred
that they enjoyed a considerable share of prosperity. (Franz, Elem. Epigr. Gr.
No. 49.) Alexander of Pherae took possession of Tenos for a time (Dem. c. Polycl.
p. 1207); and the island was afterwards granted by M. Antonius to the Rhodians
(Appian, B.C. v. 7.) After the conquest of Constantinople by the Latins, Tenos
fell to the share of the Venetians, and remained in their hands long after their
other possessions in the Aegaean had been taken by the Turks. It was ceded by
Venice to the Sultan by the peace of Passarovitz, 1718. It is still one of the
most prosperous islands in the Aegaean, and the inhabitants are remarkable for
their industry and good conduct. The present population is about 15,000 souls,
of whom more than half are Catholics,-a circumstance which, by bringing them into
closer connection with western Europe, has contributed to their prosperity.
The ancient city of Tenos, of the same name as the island, stood at
the south-western end upon the same site as St. Nieolaos, the present capital.
Scylax says that it possessed a harbour, and Strabo describes it as a small town.
(Scyl. p. 22; Strab. x. p. 487; Ptol. iii. 14. § 30.) In the neighbourhood of
the city there was a celebrated temple of Poseidon situated in a grove, where
festivals were celebrated, which were much frequented by all the neighbouring
people. (Strab l. c.; Tac. Ann. iii. 63; Clem. Protr. p. 18; Bockh, Inscr. No.
2329, 2331.) The attributes of Poseidon appear on the coins of Tenos. There was
another town in the island named Eriston (Eriston; Bockh, Inscr. 2336, 2337),
which was situated in the interior at the village of Komi. Among the curiosities
of Tenos was mentioned a fountain, the water of which would not mix with wine.
(Athen. ii. p. 43, c.). The island was celebrated in antiquity for its fine garlic.
(Aristoph. Plut. 18.) The chief modern production of the island is wine, of which
the best kind is the celebrated Malvasia, which now grows only at Tenos and no
longer at Monembasia in Peloponnesus, from which place it derived its name.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Η Τήνος ανήκει στο αρχιπέλαγος των Κυκλάδων, το τρίτο σε μέγεθος νησί
μετά την Ανδρο και τη Νάξο
με έκταση 197 τ.χλμ. και 8.000 περίπου κατοίκους.
Βρίσκεται νοτιοανατολικά της Άνδρου και βορειοδυτικά της Μυκόνου.
Χωρίζεται από την πρώτη με το λεγόμενο στενό Άνδρου-Τήνου), πλάτους 1,5 χλμ. Και
από τη δεύτερη με το κανάλι του Τσικνιά μεταξύ του Αγίου Ιωάννη Πόρτο και της
Άκρας Αρμενιστή της Μυκόνου πλάτους 8 χλμ.
Απέχει 8,5 ναυτικά μίλια περίπου από τις εγγύτερες ακτές της Σύρου.
Το συνολικό μήκος της ακτογραμμής της υπολογίζεται σε 114 χλμ. Και ο περίπλους
των παραλίων της σε μικρή απόσταση από την ακτή απαιτεί πλου 38 ν. μιλίων.
Παραδοσιακά το νησί διακρίνεται από τους ντόπιους σε 3 περιφέρειες:
•Τα "Επάνω μέρη" που περιλαμβάνουν τα χωριά του νοτίου και ανατολικού
τμήματος (από Χατζηράδο μέχρι
Δυο Χωριά και Μυρσίνη)
•Τα "Κάτω μέρη" που περιλαμβάνουν τα χωριά του βορείου και κεντρικού
τμήματος (από Ταραμπάδο μέχρι
Καλλονή και Βώλαξ)
•Τα "Έξω μέρη (ή Όξω μεριά)" το δυτικό τμήμα από την Καρδιανή
και πέρα.
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Σε σύγκριση με άλλα νησιά των Κυκλάδων,
η Τήνος έχει αρκετά νερά όμως οι δυνατοί άνεμοι που πνέουν σχεδόν καθ' όλη τη
διάρκεια του έτους, περιορίζουν τη δενδρώδη βλάστηση σε υπήνεμα μόνο μέρη και
δυσκολεύουν την αγροτική παραγωγή. Έχει μερικές εύφορες κοιλάδες (Λιβάδας,
Ποταμιάς, Αγάπης
κ.λπ.) και τη μικρή πεδιάδα της Κώμης.
Η Τήνος, το ιερό νησί της Παναγίας, δέχεται κάθε Αύγουστο χιλιάδες
προσκυνητές που έρχονται να προσευχηθούν ή να τηρήσουν το τάμα τους. Οι θρησκευτικές
ακολουθίες εναλλάσονται με την εμποροπανήγυρη στα γύρω δρομάκια.
Πρωτεύουσα και λιμάνι, η Τήνος, συγκεντρώνει το μεγαλύτερο μέρος του
πληθυσμού. Η εκκλησία της Παναγίας χτισμένη από παριανό και τηνιακό μάρμαρο,δεσπόζει
σ’ ολόκληρη τη πόλη, εκεί ακριβώς που βρέθηκε η θαυματουργή εικόνα. Δίπλα στην
εκκλησία της Παναγίας βρίσκεται η Πινακοθήκη Τηνίων Καλλιτεχνών και Νεοελλήνων
Ζωγράφων. Επίσης κοντά στο ναό βρίσκεται και το Αρχαιολογικό
Μουσείο Τήνου. Στεγάζει τα ευρήματα από το ναό του Ποσειδώνα και της Αμφιτρίτης
καθώς και τα ευρήματα από τους γεωμετρικούς τάφους της «Έξω Μερίας»
Τα περίπου 45 γραφικά χωριά της Τήνου, διατηρούν την παραδοσιακή τους
ατμόσφαιρα αποτελώντας μοναδικά δείγματα λαϊκής αρχιτεκτονικής. Αναμεσά τους ξεχωρίζουν
τα κεφαλοχώρια Στενή και
Πύργος με το σπίτι του Χαλεπά
και τα εργαστήρια μαρμαρογλυπτικής. Ο ΄Αγιος
Φωκάς, τα Κιόνια, το
Πόρτο,ο όρμος του Πάνορμου ο Αγιος
Σώστης και η Παχιά Αμμος
είναι οι παραλίες της Τήνου που προσφέρονται για κολύμπι.Το σεληνιακό τοπίο «Βόλαξ»
με τους ιδιόρρυθμους ογκόλιθους θεωρείται μοναδικό φαινόμενο σ’ ολο τον κόσμο.
Το κείμενο παρατίθεται τον Απρίλιο 2003 από την ακόλουθη ιστοσελίδα του ΞΕΝΙΟΣ ΔΙΑΣ website, του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών
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