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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

Delphinion, a small port situated 15 km N of Chios, served as an Athenian naval base during the Peloponnesian War. The acropolis was destroyed by the Spartans in 412 B.C. It was enclosed by a wall, parts of which have been found, along with several towers. To the NE of the acropolis an artificial platform has been discovered, dating from the end of the 4th c., on which there are the remains of houses datable from the 4th to the 2d c. B.C.

G. Bermond Montanari, ed.
This extract is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites, Princeton University Press 1976. Cited June 2003 from Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.