Patroklos, Attica

Patroclus (Greek Πάτροκλος ( m. sg. ), Also Gaidouronisi Γαϊδουρονήσι (n. sg. ) ) Is an island in the Saronic Gulf, about 850 meters off the southeast coast of Attica. It is located about 3 kilometers west of Cape Sounion and covers about 2.8 square kilometers. Together with the community Keratea the island in 2011 the new church was slammed Lavrio. It is privately owned by a Greek family Giatrakou, but without permanent settlement. Currently it stands for 150 million euros for sale.

In ancient times the island was called Patroklou charax ( ancient Greek Πατρόκλου χάραξ, storage of Patroclus ', latin Patrocli insula ) and was named after an admiral Patroclus of the Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy II, who laid out a fixture on the island, as he in the Athenians Chremonidean war against the Macedonian supremacy in Greece came to the rescue. Another from the ancient world of traditional name is Kopros ( Κόπρος, Kot ').

1979 examined a research team of the Greek Institute for Maritime Archaeology, the environment of the island. The island in ancient times was an important anchorage for ships that sailed around Cape Sounion and on the way to Piraeus or to other ports of the Saronic Gulf anchored here. Some rocks that are now below sea level, shielded from a safe bay. Especially many relics of shipments from frühbyzantinscher period were found here, but also two shipwrecks, one of them dating from the 5th or 4th century BC