Aulis (ancient Greece)

Aulis is an ancient port city in Boeotia in central Greece, about twenty kilometers northeast of Thebes, now known as Thebes (Greek Θήβα ), is located.

Aulis never developed into the independent polis, but belonged to 387 BC in Thebes and then to Tanagra.

In ancient Aulis was a famous place of worship of Artemis, a temple of this cult was used by the 5th century BC to about 400 AD. Its ruins are in addition to those of a fortress from the 4th century BC, the most important building remains in Aulis.

According to legend, here the Greek fleet met with their allies, to jointly take against Troy. As Agamemnon of Atride his hunting art with the hunting goddess Artemis and compared these was angered, the fleet could not run due to lack of wind. Therefore, Agamemnon sacrificed in Aulis by some versions of the legend, his eldest daughter Iphigenia.

Mentioned Aulis except in the legends of the ancient Greeks especially in the tragedy Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides, which was translated by Friedrich Schiller.

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  • Place in Greek mythology
  • Archaeological sites in Greece
  • Ancient Greek City
  • Sanctuary ( ancient Greece)
  • Central Greece
  • Cult of Artemis
  • Chalkida
  • Tanagra in antiquity
Classical antiquity
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