Cichyrus

Ephyra (Greek Έφυρα, Ἔφυρα ancient Greek ) was a city on the coast of Epirus in Greece in ancient times. According to her, the ceramic shell Ephyra genus is named. Her original name was Kichyros ( alternative transcription Cichorus, Cichyrus ). It was the capital of the ancient landscape Thesprotis and was built by the Pelasgians leader Thesprotos.

The ruins of Ephyra lie north of the present village Mesopotamos and 4 km from the village in the prefecture of Thesprotia Ammoudia. The ruins of Ephyra are obviously late Mycenaean origin. In the vicinity of the former city opens as in antiquity and the river Pyriphlegeto ( Vovos ) in the river Cocytus, which flows coming from the north Paramithia ago on Ephyra and ends at the level of the ruins in the east and from the north-east coming Acheron. At a distance of about 500 m is located on a hill a small church of a late Byzantine monastery.

In ancient times, found in the immediate vicinity of Ephyra Acherousia lake, which was fed by the Acheron and was in his mouth today's level. The lake is now silted up and integrated into mouth plane of Acheron. This has let silt also far superior in antiquity in the inland bay Glykys Limen ( Bay of Ammoudia ) and correspondingly reduced. Near the city Ephyra were found following other ancient settlements and cities: Pandosia, Elaea and beech -tion.

Excavations at Ephyra were conducted from 1958 through Sotoris Darakis. 1976-1977 was exposed the Nekromanteion in the excavations with an area of ​​62 by 46 meters below a church. The Nekromanteion was the only oracle of the dead in Greece. The remains of the Nekromanteion were found in 500 m distance to the remains of the Mycenaean ruins from the 14th century BC

In mythology Ephyra plays a role as a place of detention of Theseus and Pirithous. The arrest was based on the trial of the two detainees to kidnap Persephone. In mythology, it is further assumed that the builder of the city Phidippos, the grandson of Hercules, has been.

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  • Ancient Greek City
  • Mycenaean settlement
  • Greek oracle site
  • Parga
Epirus (ancient state) Paramythia Necromanteion Heracles
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