Troizen Attractions Trizína
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The ancient city of Troizen, on the north coast of the Argolid peninsula opposite the island of Póros, was closely linked with Athens.
Troizen was believed to be the birthplace of the Attic hero Theseus. Here too Hippolytos, son of Theseus and the Amazon Hippolyte, was dragged to death by his horses when he rejected the love of his stepmother Phaidra (cf. the "Hippolytos" of Euripides). When Athens was evacuated in 480 B.C. in face of the Persian threat many refugees, particularly women, fled to Troizen. The town continued to exist into Christian times.
The site was excavated by French archeologists in 1890 and by a German team in 1932.
The village of Trizína (commonly known as Damalá) can be reached from Náfplion via Ligourió, Trakhiá and the coastal villages of Fanári and Kalóni, turning right 9km/6mi beyond Kalóni into a side road (3km/2mi); or from Galatás (opposite Póros), going 7km/4.5mi west and then taking a side road on the left (3km/2mi).
Troizen was believed to be the birthplace of the Attic hero Theseus. Here too Hippolytos, son of Theseus and the Amazon Hippolyte, was dragged to death by his horses when he rejected the love of his stepmother Phaidra (cf. the "Hippolytos" of Euripides). When Athens was evacuated in 480 B.C. in face of the Persian threat many refugees, particularly women, fled to Troizen. The town continued to exist into Christian times.
The site was excavated by French archeologists in 1890 and by a German team in 1932.
The village of Trizína (commonly known as Damalá) can be reached from Náfplion via Ligourió, Trakhiá and the coastal villages of Fanári and Kalóni, turning right 9km/6mi beyond Kalóni into a side road (3km/2mi); or from Galatás (opposite Póros), going 7km/4.5mi west and then taking a side road on the left (3km/2mi).
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