Asine

Asine (Greek Ἀσίνη ) was an ancient settlement in Greece. She lay on the Cape Kastraki the modern resort of Tolo in the Argolid ( Peloponnese ). The place has been settled by Frühhelladikum to. Even for the earliest time can be contacts with the Cyclades, Melos and Crete prove. Also the place in the catalog of ships in 2 of the Iliad is mentioned. The place had its greatest importance as a port space in the Mycenaean period. After an interruption of the settlement was founded in the 2nd century BC again a fortified place, which was then abandoned by Pausanias in the 2nd century AD again.

For the church today Tolo includes the lying seaside village Drepano.

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