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LIPSI (Island complex) DODEKANISSOS
LIPSI (Island complex) DODEKANISSOS
LIPSI (Island) DODEKANISSOS
ASTYPALEA (Island) DODEKANISSOS
Astupalaia, Eth. Astupalaieus, Astupalaiates, Astypalaeensis. Called
by the present inhabitants Astropalaea, and by the Franks Stampalia), an island
in the Carpathian sea, called by Strabo (x. p. 392) one of the Sporades, and by
Stephanus B. (s. v.) one of the Cyclades, said to be 125 (Roman) miles from Cadistus
in Crete (Plin. iv. 12. s. 23), and 800 stadia from Chalcia, an island near Rhodes.
(Strab. l. c.) Pliny describes Astypalaea (l. c.) as 88 miles in circumference.
The island consists of two large rocky masses, united in the centre by an isthmus,
which in its narrowest part is only 450 or 500 feet across. On the N. and S. the
sea enters two deep bays between the two halves of the island; and the town, which
bore the same name as the island, stood on the western side of the southern bay.
To the S. and E. of this bay lie several desert islands, to which Ovid (Ar. Am.
ii. 82) alludes in the line:--cinctaque piscosis Astypalaea vadis. From the castle
of the town there is an extensive prospect. Towards the E. may be seen Cos, Nisyros,
and Telos, and towards the S. in clear weather Casos, Carpathus, and Crete.
Of the history of Astypalaea we have hardly any account. Stephanus
says that it was originally called Pyrrha, when the Carians possessed it, then
Pylaea, next the Table of the Gods (Theon trapeza), on account of its verdure,
and lastly Astypalaea, from the mother of Ancaeus. (Comp. Paus. vii. 4. § 1.)
We learn from Scymnus (551) that Astypalaea was a colony of the Megarians, and
Ovid mentions it as one of the islands subdued by Minos. ( Astypaleia regna, Met.
vii. 461.) In B.C. 105 the Romans concluded an alliance with Astypalaea (Bockh,
Inscr. vol. ii. n. 2485), a distinction probably granted to the island in consequence
of its excellent harbours and of its central position among the European and Asiatic
islands of the Aegaean. Under the Roman emperors Astypalaea was a libera civitas.
(Plin. l. c.) The modern town contains 250 houses and not quite 1500 inhabitants.
It belongs to Turkey, and is subject to the Pashah of Rhodes, who allows the inhabitants,
however, to govern themselves, only exacting from them the small yearly tribute
of 9500 piastres, or about 601. sterling. This small town contains an extraordinary
number of churches and chapels, sometimes as many as six in a row. They are built
to a great extent from the ruins of the ancient temples, and they contain numerous
inscriptions. In every part of the town there are seen capitals of columns and
other ancient remains. We learn from inscriptions that the ancient city contained
many temples and other ancient buildings. The favourite hero of the island was
Cleomedes, of whose romantic history an account is given elsewhere. Cicero probably
confounds Achilles with this Cleomedes, when he says (de Nat. Deor. iii. 18) that
the Astypalaeenses worship Achilles with the greatest veneration.
Hegesander related that a couple of hares having been brought into
Astypalaea from Anaphe, the island became so overrun with them that the inhabitants
were obliged to consult the Delphic oracle, which advised their hunting them with
dogs, and that in this way more than 6000 were caught in one year. (Athen. ix.
p. 400, d.) This tale is a counterpart to the one about the brace of partridges
introduced from Astypalaea into Anaphe. Pliny (viii. 59) says that the muscles
of Astypalaea were very celebrated; and we learn from Ross that they are still
taken off the coast.
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KALYMNOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
Calymna (Kalumna, Kalumna: Eth. Kalumnios: Kalimno), an island off
the coast of Caria between Leros and Cos. It appears to have been the principal
island of the group which Homer calls Calydnae (nesoi Kaludnai, Il. ii. 677):
the other islands were probably Leros, Telendos, Hypseremos (Hypsereisma) and
Plate. (Comp. Strab. x. p. 489.) Calymna is the correct orthography, since we
find it thus written on coins and inscriptions. (Bockh, Inscr. No. 2671.) This
form also occurs in Scylax, Strabo, Ovid, Suidas, and the Etymologicum Magnum;
but out of respect for Homer, whose authority was deemed paramount, most of the
ancient writers call the island Calydna, and some were even led into the, error
of making two different islands, Calydna and Calymna. (Plin. iv. 12. s. 23; Steph.
B, s. vv.)
The island was originally inhabited by Carians, and was afterwards
colonised by Thessalian Aeolians or Dorians under Heraclid leaders. It also received
an additional colony of Argives, who are said to have been shipwrecked on the
island after the Trojan war. (Diod. v. 54; Hom. Il. ii. 675.) At the time of the
Persian war it was subject to Artemisia of Halicarnassus, together with the neighbouring
islands of Cos. and Nisyrus. (Herod. vii. 99.)
Calymna is an island of some size, and contains at present 7000 inhabitants.
A full account of it, together with a map, is given by Ross in the work cited
below. The description of Ovid (de Art. Am. ii. 81) - silvis umbrosa Calymne -
does not apply to the present condition of the island, and was probably equally
inapplicable in antiquity; since the island is mountainous and bare. It produces
figs, wine, barley, oil, and excellent honey; for the latter it was also celebrated
in antiquity. (Fecundaque melle Calymne, Ov. Met. viii. 222; Strab. l. c.)
With respect to the ancient towns, Pliny in one passage (iv. 12. s.
23) mentions only one town, Coos; but in another (v. 31. s. 36) he mentions three,
Notium, Nisyrus, Mendeterus. The principal ancient remains are found in the valley
above the harbour Linaria on the western side of the island; but Ross found no
inscriptions recording the name of the town. The chief ruins are those of a great
church tou Christou tes Hierousalem, built upon the site of an ancient temple
of Apollo, of which, there are still remains. Stephanus (s. v. Kaludna) speaks
of Apollo Calydneus. South of the town there is a plain still called Argos, as
in the island of Casus. (Ross, Reisen auf den Griechischen, Inseln, vol. ii. p.
92, seq., vol. iii. p. 139.)
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KINAROS (Island) LEROS
Cinara or Cinarus (Kinaros: Zinari), a small island in the Aegaean
sea, NE. of Amorgos, named after the artichoke (kinara) which it produced. (Plin.
iv. 12. s. 22; Mel. ii. 7; Athen. ii. p. 70; Colum. x. 235.)
LEROS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
Leros (Leros: Eth. Lerios: Leros), a small island of the Aegean, and
belonging to the scattered islands called Sporades. It is situated opposite the
Sinus Iassius, on the north of Calymna, and on the south of Lepsia, at a distance
of 320 stadia from Cos and 350 from Myndus. (Stadiasm. Mar. Magni, § § 246, 250,
252.) According to a statement of Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Leros was,like Icaros,
colonised by Milesians. (Strab. xiv. p. 635.) This was probably done in consequence
of a suggestion of Hecataeus; for on the breaking out of the revolt of the Ionians
against Persia, he advised his countrymen to erect a fortress in the island, and
make it the centre of their operations, if they should be driven from Miletus.
(Herod. v. 125; comp. Thucyd. viii. 27.) Before its occupation by the Milesians,
it was probably inhabited by Dorians. The inhabitants of Leros were notorious
in antiquity for their ill nature, whence Phocylides sang of them: -
Lerioi kakoi, ouch ho men, hus d'ou,
Pantes, plen Prokleous: kai Proklees Lerios.
(Strab. x. p. 487, &c.) The town of Leros was situated on the west of the modern
town, on the south side of the bay, and on the slope of a hill; in this locality,
at least, distinct traces of a town have been discovered by Ross. (Reisen auf
d. Griech. Inseln, ii. p. 119.) The plan of Hecataeus to fortify Leros does not
seem to have been carried into effect. Leros never was an independent community,
but was governed by Miletus, as we must infer from inscriptions, which also show
that Milesians continued to inhabit the island as late as the time of the Romans.
Leros contained a sanctuary of Artemis Parthenos, in which, according to mythology,
the sisters of Meleager were transformed into guinea fowls (meleagrides; Anton.
Lib. 2; comp. Ov. Met. viii. 533, &c.), whence these birds were always kept in
the sanctuary of the goddess. (Athen. xiv. p. 655.) In a valley, about ten minutes'
walk from the sea, a small convent still bears the name of Partheni, and at a
little distance from it there are the ruins of an ancient Christian church, evidently
built upon some ancient foundation, which seems to have been that of the temple
of Artemis Parthenos. This small island, says Ross, though envied on account of
its fertility, its smiling valleys, and its excellent harbours, is nevertheless
scorned by its neighbours, who charge its inhabitants with niggardliness (l. c.
p. 122; comp. Bockh, Corp. Inscript. n. 2263; Ross, Inscript. ined. ii 188.)
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PATMOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
Patmos (Patmos: Patmo), one of the Sporades Insulae, in the south-east
of the Aegean, to the west of Lepsia and south of Samos, is said to have been
30 Roman miles in circumference. (Pliny, iv. 23; Strab. x. p. 488; Thucyd. iii.
23; Eustath. ad Dion. Per. 530.) On the north-eastern side of the island there
was a town with a harbour of the same name as the island, and the southernmost
point formed the promontory Amazonium (Stadiasm. Mar. Mag. p. 488, ed. Hoffmann).
This little island is celebrated as the place to which St. John was banished towards
the close of the reign of Domitian, and where he is said to have composed the
Apocalypse (Revel. i. 9). A cave is still shown in Patmos where the apostle is
believed to have received his revelations. (Comp. Iren. ii. 22; Euseb. Hist. Eccl.
iii. 18; Dion Cass. lviii. 1.) The island contains several churches and convents,
and a few remains of the ancient town and its castle. (Walpole, Turkey, tom. ii.
p. 43; Ross, Reisen auf den Griech. Inseln, vol. ii. p. 123, foll.)
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FARMAKONISSI (Small island) LEROS
(Pharmakousa). An island off the coast of Miletus, where Iulius Caesar was taken prisoner by pirates. Here, too, King Attalus died.
KINAROS (Island) LEROS
A small island in the Aegean Sea, east of Naxos, celebrated for its artichokes (kinarai).
LEROS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
A small island, one of the Sporades, opposite to the mouth of the Sinus Iassius, on the coast of Caria ( Herod.v. 125). Here the sisters of Meleager were said to have been transformed into guinea-pigs (meleagrides).
PATMOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
One of the islands called Sporades, in the Icarian Sea, celebrated as the place to which the Apostle John was banished, and in which he wrote the Apocalypse.
ASTYPALEA (Island) DODEKANISSOS
PATMOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
AGIA MARINA (Small town) LEROS
AGIOS ISSIDOROS (Beach) LEROS
KALYMNOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
The terrain of this fourth largest of the Dodecanese
is mountainous, except for two fertile valleys. It is along these valleys that
its biggest villages have sprouted Kalimnos
or Pothia and Vathi.
Castles, remnants of fortresses, ar chaeological finds, and old churches
bear witness to the continuous importance of Kalimnos in the history of the Aegean.
Its natural attractions - caves, lovely beaches. unspoilt scenery - make it a
mini earthly paradise Kalimnos is widely known as the spongefishers' island, since
such a large portion of the population is engaged in this age - old occupation.
Once the island's capital was located at Horio,
which benefited from the protection offered by the castle of the Knights of St.
John just above it. Today's capital is Pothia
or Kalimnos, founded around 1850 by the inhabitants of Horio.
Its brightly coloured houses surround the port like the seats in an amphitheatre,
arranged along the hillsides down to the caiques and fishing boats bobbing below.
An old church dedicated to Christ the Saviour adorns the waterfront It is decorated
with frescoes and valuable icons, while its Iconostasis is the work of the well
known sculptor, Yiannoulis Halepas. Kalimnos has other charming villages, like
Vathi, set in a fertile valley full of citrus tress, and Metohi, on the southeast
side of the island. The quiet hamlet of Emborios
lies to the north.
To the west are Massouri,
Mirties, Kamari
and Panormos where one can
try sea-food delicacies such as "fouskes" and "chtapokeftedes". On the road to
Panormos, you will notice
the remains of a three - aisled basilica dedicated to Christ of Jerusalem, which
was erected around the 6th century on the site of an ancient temple where Delian
Apollo was worshipped. To the north of the main town is Pera Kastro, also called
the Castle of the Golden Hands (Hrissoheria) , because the chapel in its interior
has an icon of the Virgin whose hands are covered with gold leaf Northeast of
Pothia. at the foot of Flaska
hill, is the cave of the Seven Virgins or Nymphs (not to be visited). Kalimnos
boasts two other caves, the richly decorated Skalies, about 100 metres from the
village of Skalia in the
north of the island (not to be visited), and Kefalas or Trypas. Kefalas to the
south (which can be visited and one can approach it by boat). At Therma,
only one kilometre or so from Pothia.
there are radioactive springs and therapeutic bathing installations, rooms where
visitors may spend the night, and specially trained personnel to assist them.
Among the lovely beaches on Kalimnos are Massouri,
Mirties and Arginondas
along the west coast and Vlyhadia
in the south.
LEROS (Port) DODEKANISSOS
VROMOLITHOS (Beach) LEROS
XIROKAMBOS (Village) LEROS
KALYMNOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
Calymnus, Calymnos, Kalymnos, Calymna, Kalymna, Calymnae, Calydnae, Calydnos, Calyndian, Calyndians, Calymnian, Calymnians
LEROS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
PATMOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
LEROS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
The largest part of the island is relatively flat with plains reaching
down to the sea and low mountains (the highest point being Kleidi, 320 m.). That
is also why it took its name from the ancient Greek word "leros" which
means smooth, flat. Dense vegetation covers a large part of the island. The landscape
is made even more beautiful by plains forested with pine, eucalyptus, oak and
olive trees. It is a landscape that is constantly changing. The sea cutting sharply
into it has formed at many points deep, protected harbors and large bays. The
gulf of Partheni is in the
northern part of Leros; the islet
of Archangelos lies at its entrance, protecting it from the winds. At the
southern tip of the island is the long and narrow bay of Xerokambos;
Kalymnos stands opposite
and the Glaronisia ("Gull islands") are before it.
The island has two large harbors, Lakki
to the southeast, one of the largest natural harbors in the Mediterranean, and
Ayia Marina to the northeast.
There are many small picturesque islands surrounding it on all sides: Ayia
Kyriaki, Peganousa, Farmakonissi,
Strongyli, Trypiti.
Most of these are good fishing spots and the depths of the sea are of incomparable
beauty, enchanting to divers. Leros has quite a number of small springs.
The best known are Paliaskloupis, Kalikaris, Sykidia and Panayies.
The island has a mild and pleasant climate without great fluctuations. The incredible
variety of flowers that ornament courtyards, doors and windows bear witness to
that. The average summer temperature is between 20°-26° C while in winter
it dips to 12°-17° C. Thus, Leros is an ideal place for holidays, no matter
the season.
This text (extract) is cited March 2004 from the Municipality
of Leros tourist pamphlet.
Titular see of the Cyclades,
suffragan of Rhodes. According
to Strabo, this island must have been a colony of Miletus;
it next became independent before falling under the Roman domination.
According to the poet Phocylides, the inhabitants of Leros had, without
exception, an evil reputation. It was here that Aristagoras, the leader of the
Tonian revolt against the Persians (499 B.C.), was advised to hide from the vengeance
of Darius.
The island possessed a famous sanctuary of Artemis the Virgin, on
the site of which the present convent of Parthenia and the adjoining church are
supposed to be built. A possession of the Knights of Rhodes,
the island sustained a siege in 1505, and was taken by the Turks in 1523; it was
recovered by the Venetians, who razed its fortifications, in 1648; and it once
more fell into the possession of the Osmanli.
The island is about nine and a quarter miles long by seven and a half
wide. It is barren, mountainous, and rich only in marble quarries.
S. Vailhi, ed.
Transcribed by: Mario Anello
This extract is cited June 2003 from The Catholic Encyclopedia, New Advent online edition URL below.
PATMOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
A small volcanic island in the Aegean
Sea, off the coast of Asia
Minor, to the south of Samos
and west of Miletus, in lat.
37° 20' N. and long. 26° 35' E. Its length is about ten miles, its breadth six
miles, and its coast line thirty seven miles. The highest point is Hagios Elias
(Mt. St. Elias) rising to over 1050 feet.
The island was formerly covered with luxuriant palm groves, which
won it the name of Palmosa; of these groves there remains but a clump in the valley
called “The Saint's Garden”. The ancient capital occupied the northern
(Ruvali) isthmus.
The modern town of Patmos
lies in the middle part of the island. Above it towers the battlements of St.
John's Monastery, founded in 1088 by St. Christobulus. The Island of Patmos is
famous in history as the place of St. John's exile; there according to general
belief the Beloved Disciple wrote the Apocalypse, the imagery of which was in
part inspired by the scenery of the island. The spot where St. John was favoured
with his revelations is pointed out as a cave on the slope of the hill, half way
between the shore and the modern town of Patmos.
Charles L. Souvay, ed.
Transcribed by: Mary Thomas
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ASTYPALEA (Island) DODEKANISSOS
Astypalaia. Island lying between Anaphe and Kos, which was named after the ancient
town and capital. The modern capital now occupies the site of the ancient city,
as is testified by many ruins, inscriptions, and coins found there. The mole,
which protects the port from the N, was built evidently during the Roman Imperial
period.
The island was inhabited first by the Carians, later by Minoans (Ov.
Met. 7.456-62), and then, during the historical period, by Megarians and Dorians
from the Argolis. It became a member (454-424 B.C.) of the Delian-Athenian Confederacy.
As has been attested, especially from Hellenistic inscriptions, the city must
have played an important role in the Aegean, owing to the seafaring ability of
its inhabitants and the fertility of the soil. The town was governed by the boule,
the demos, and gerousia.
There were a prytaneion, an agora, a theater, and the Sanctuaries
of Athena and Asklepios, Apollo, and Artemis. Small Hellenistic coins represent
Perseus, Gorgo, and later Dionysos, Athena, and Asklepios.
During the Roman period, Astypalaia became civitas foederata, while
in the Imperial period it was autonomous.
G. S. Korres, ed.
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KALYMNOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
An island situated to the N of Kos. Kalymnos was settled by Dorians.
Together with the adjacent islands it appears in the Catalogue of Ships of the
Iliad (2.676-77). After the Persian Wars it became an Athenian ally. Before the
end of the 3d c. B.C. it was annexed to Kos, to constitute a deme. Numerous ancient
sites testify to its importance in antiquity. The main centers of occupation in
Classical times seem to have flourished at Vathy. At Embolas, to the N of the
valley of Vathy, is preserved a circuit wall belonging to a town. A Hellenistic
tower known as Phylakai is to the SE. The crag of Kastellas is protected by a
Hellenistic (?) rubble wall. At Pothaia to the S a sanctuary may have existed.
An Ionic Temple of Apollo has been investigated at Christos tes Jerousalem. The
cult goes back to the archaic period. A cemetery with chamber tombs has been located
at Damos. Sykia, on the W side of the island, has limestone quarries. On the N,
in the area between Emporion and Argeinonta, various remains have been reported,
such as pottery, coins, and tombs.
D. Schilardi, ed.
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LEROS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
One of the Sporades, lying between Patmos and Kalymnos, ca. 40 km
from the Anatolian coast (Caria). The island was inhabited in prehistoric times
and again at least from the 7th c. B.C. A close, though not exactly definable,
political relationship with Miletos is attested epigraphically and by statements
of Herodotos (5.125) and Thucydides (8.26-27) from at least the early 5th c. to
Roman times. It has been suggested that Leros was a deme of Miletos in Hellenistic
times, a cleruchy earlier. Habitation of the island apparently continued uninterrupted
into Byzantine times.
There have been no systematic excavations. The principal ancient town
may have been located on the site of the modern Ayia Marina, where remains of
a few unidentified Classical structures are visible. However, the places where
various inscriptions have been found suggest that the administrative center was
Parthenion in the N part of the island. The temple of Parthenos (Artemis) mentioned
by Athenaeus (Deipnosophists (14.655,b,c) and in inscriptions has not been located,
but is presumed to have been in the locality now known as Partheni (Metochion).
At the S end of the island, on top of the hill of Xerokampos, are the remains
of a wall probably built in the late 4th c. B.C., usually thought to be part of
a tower. This, and a similar tower at Partheni, may link Leros to the precautions
taken by Miletos on its peripheral islands, in order to control the sea in Hellenistic
times. Architectural fragments of Classical date are built into later structures,
especially churches, in various parts of the island (Smalu and Lakki), implying
widespread habitation in Classical times. Inscriptions and some ancient objects
are in the Archaeological HaIl in the Library at Platanos.
J. L. Benson, ed.
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PATMOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
An island located to the S of Samos. Very few ancient authors mention
the island: Thucydides (3.33.3), Strabo (10.5. 13, C488), Eust. (Comm. ad. Dionys.
Perieg. 530), an anonymous author (Stadiasmus Mans Magni, 283-GGM, I 498) and
Pliny (HN 4.70). Patmos was poorly inhabited in antiquity. The early inhabitants
were Dorians. Ionian settlers came later. Political exiles were deported there
during the Roman period. On the coastal area, N of the isthmus Stavros, are the
foundations of the supposed Temple of Aphrodite. Artemis was worshiped in the
place where the Cloister of St. John now stands. The center of ancient Patmos
is situated E of the modern harbor of Skala, occupying a narrow isthmus. The acropolis
(Kastelli) preserves sections of a fortification wall and three towers, belonging
probably to the 3d c. B.C. and built in isodomic style. An ancient necropolis
has been located in the vicinity of Kastelli, around Nettia. Tombs have been also
reported at Kambos in the N part of the island.
D. Schilardi, ed.
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TELENDOS (Island) KALYMNOS
A small island located to the W of Kalymnos. The narrow strait between
the two islands must have served as anchorage in ancient times. A tentative theory
suggests that the deme-center of Panormos, a deme of Kalymnos, lay on Telendos,
but we lack evidence. Ruins of a Hellenic fort have been observed in the N part
of the island. On the E side there is a badly preserved rock-cut theater. Other
ruins of Roman and later times are evident throughout Telendos.
D. Sshilardi, ed.
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