Troizen (Trizina) - Site

From the village of Trizína a footpath leads in 25minutes to the scattered ancient remains of Troizen. After crossing the line of the town walls and passing through the much overgrown town center, with the remains of a temple of Athena Soteira and a number of churches, we come to a road fork, with a large stone known as the "Stone of Theseus". This is the stone under which Theseus's father hid his weapons, and which the young Theseus was able to raise so as to recover the weapons. The road to the right leads to the sanctuary of Hippolytos, with the remains of buildings of the fourth and third centuries B.C. The temple of Hippolytos (late fourth century B.C.) had 6 x 11 columns. To the northwest are a peristyle building of some size which