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IOULIS (Ancient city) KEA
Ioulis: Eth. Ioulietes, Ioulieus. The most important town in Ceos,
is celebrated as the birthplace of the two great lyric poets Simonides and Bacchylides,
of the sophist Prodicus, of the physician Erasistratus, and of the peripatetic
philosopher Ariston. From the great celebrity of Simonides he was frequently called
emphatically the Cean; and Horace, in like manner, alludes to his poetry under
the name of Ceae Camenae (Carm. iv. 9. 8), and Cea Nenia (Carm. ii. 1. 38). Iulis
was situated on a hill about 25 stadia from the sea, in the northern part of the
island, on the same site as the modern Zea, which is now the only town in the
island. There are several remains of Iulis; the most important is a colossal lion,
about 20 feet in length, which lies a quarter of an hour east of the town. The
legend already quoted from Heraclides Pont. probably has a reference to this lion;
and the more so as there is a fountain of water gushing from the spot where the
lion stands.
This extract 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
MAKRONISSOS (Island) KEA
Helena (Helene: Eth. Helenaios, Helenites, Heleneios: Makronisi), a long narrow
island, extending along the eastern coast of Attica from Thoricus to Sunium, and
distant from two to four miles from the shore. It was also called Macris (Makris),
from its length (Steph. B. s. v. Helene). Strabo (ix.) describes it as 60 stadia
in length; but its real length is seven geographical miles. It was uninhabited
in antiquity, as it is at the present day; and it was probably only used then,
as it is now, for the pasture of cattle. Both Strabo and Pausanias derive its
name from Helena, the wife of Menelaus: the latter writer supposes that it was
so called because Helena landed here after the capture of Troy; but Strabo identifies
it with the Homeric Cranae, to which Paris fled with Helena (Il. iii. 445), and
supposes that its name was hence changed. into Helena. There cannot, however,
be any doubt that the Homeric Cranae was opposite Gythium in Laconia. (Strab.
ix., x.; Paus. i. 35.1, viii. 14.12; Steph. B. s. v.; Mela, ii. 7; Plin. iv. 12.
s. 20)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited Aug 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
IOULIS (Ancient city) KEA
The chief town in Ceos; the birthplace of Simonides.
KARTHEA (Ancient city) KEA
A town on the south side of the island of Ceos.
IOULIS (Ancient city) KEA
Ioulis, the most important of the Classical poleis and the chief modern town (Kea, "Chora"), is inland, high on the steep hillsides S of the harbor. Parts of walls are exposed, architectural fragments and pieces of marble sculpture and inscriptions have been found, but the place has not been excavated. About a km NE of the town a mighty figure of a reclining lion, carved in high relief on a rough boulder, rests isolated on the slopes. It is 9 m long; a work probably of the early 6th c., seen undoubtedly by Simonides and Bacchylides, who were natives of Ioulis.
KARTHEA (Ancient city) KEA
Karthaia, on the SE coast at the foot of deep gorges which descend from the highlands, is now called Poles and is all but deserted. Parts were investigated by Brondsted in 1812. There are massive walls of masonry and remains of various buildings, among which are a Temple of Athena in excellent style of the early 5th c. and one of Apollo.
KEA (Port) KYKLADES
The promontory of Haghia Irini at the inner (E) end of the great harbor, was the site of a flourishing town in the Bronze Age. In it was a free-standing building, a temple, which served religious purposes from the Middle Helladic period onward. Destroyed by earthquake in the 15th c. B.C., it was rebuilt and modified repeatedly in Mycenaean times and thereafter. One of the small rooms became a shrine and in it, around 700 B.C., was carefully preserved the head of one of the large terracotta female statues which had stood in the temple some eight centuries earlier. Graffiti and small votive offerings show that the shrine was sacred to Dionysos from the 6th c. The area seems to have been revered at least until late Hellenistic times.
KORISSIA (Ancient city) KEA
Koressia (originally Koressos, another Prehellenic name), at the W end of the great natural harbor on the NW coast of the island, was and is now the principal port. Ancient walls are visible on the rocky heights behind it, and on an upper terrace are remains of a temple. Among chance finds in the town are bits of excellent Attic pottery and a fine kouros of the third quarter of the 6th c. (National Museum 3686).
PIIESSA (Ancient city) KEA
Poieessa (Poiessa, Poiassa; now Poises) was on the W coast, above a small, rich valley. Ancient walls can be seen on the rocky hills; it has not been excavated.
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